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Bensley
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Bensley's Bryon German started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Lenny Shannon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rudolph Crow in the 6th minute of play. Stacey McGuire received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Zane Johns tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 11 minutes into the match, Cooper City's goalkeeper Zane Johns had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kristofer Hope. In the 12th match minute, Cooper City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rudolph Crow to maneuver through the defense. In the 18th match minute, Cooper City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Freddie Tabor to maneuver through the defense. If Kristofer Hope had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Kristofer Hope came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Bensley fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Kristofer Hope couldn't finish the play. Kristofer Hope fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zane Johns having to interfere. Zane Johns made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bryon German in the 33rd minute of play. In the 35th minute, Darrell Weir hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 41st minute, Kristofer Hope left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bensley fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Virgilio Mayberry's late challenge caught a Cooper City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Virgilio Mayberry helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Bensley's Virgilio Mayberry got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Lenny Shannon was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Ferdinand Mayo. Zane Johns showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kristofer Hope, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Kristofer Hope received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Zane Johns tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 68th minute Freddie Tabor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lenny Shannon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Shannon Hatcher made in the 71st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Bensley's Darrell Weir. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kristofer Hope in the 76th minute of play forced Cooper City's goalkeeper Zane Johns to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kristofer Hope received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Zane Johns tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zane Johns stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bryon German's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Kristofer Hope in the 83rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zane Johns prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 86th minute, Cooper City's Nolan Peters seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Nolan Peters the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Cooper City protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Nolan Peters had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 85th minute of the game. One of Cooper City:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Bensley:s goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bryon German in the 91st minute of play forced Cooper City's goalkeeper Zane Johns to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 93rdth minute of the game Bryon German who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cooper City's Zane Johns was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 96 minutes, Bryon German put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Zane Johns. 100 minutes into the match, Cooper City's goal looked a bit too open when Bryon German came free, but Zane Johns reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bensley walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.