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Spectators: 7216 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Darron Krause got the match started through his kick off. Darrell Pritchard stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cory Dill's shot from short distance in the 4th minute. Darron Krause received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Roger Morton tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Gerald Lyons managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cold Crushers FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Gerald Lyons was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Darrell Pritchard breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, A.C. Milan's Brad Simons got a free kick in the 19th minute. Cory Dill blasted a shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Darrell Pritchard having to make a save. Gerald Lyons succeeded in the game's 24th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-2. Darrell Pritchard showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gerald Lyons in the 29th minute of the match. In the 32nd minute of the match Jeremiah Mims sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Darrell Pritchard skillfully saved the ball. Cold Crushers FC's Gerald Lyons got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 35thth minute of the game Gerald Lyons who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but A.C. Milan's Darrell Pritchard was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 38th minute, Cory Dill ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Darrell Pritchard was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerald Lyons in the 43rd minute of play forced A.C. Milan's goalkeeper Darrell Pritchard to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gerald Lyons in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Darrell Pritchard saved A.C. Milan from getting behind. Gerald Lyons blasted a shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Darrell Pritchard having to make a save. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

A collision led to A.C. Milan getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Deon Brandt hit a great ball. Cory Dill sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ahmed Maurer hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. The supporters of Cold Crushers FC booed when A.C. Milan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Deon Brandt didn't get a good kick on the ball. Shawn Lloyd's late challenge caught a A.C. Milan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Shawn Lloyd helped the player get up and apologised. In the 66th match minute, Cold Crushers FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Shawn Lloyd to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 70th minute, Deon Brandt managed to get in a good position for a shot. A.C. Milan's supporters rose to their feet, but Deon Brandt was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Roger Morton breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Cory Dill could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Darrell Pritchard made a huge save. If Gerald Lyons had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ahmed Maurer hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. After 80 played minutes Cold Crushers FC got a freekick which was hit by Cory Dill. If Cory Dill had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A.C. Milan's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Gerald Lyons 86 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-4. Darrell Pritchard made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Cory Dill sent off a good shot on target. In the 94th minute of the match, Gerald Lyons tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Darrell Pritchard saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. When the match was over Cold Crushers FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than A.C. Milan throughout the match.