U23 League

Rushden Lakes
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Stanislovas Jacys made the kick off which started today's match. Laime Laime charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Laime Laime the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 4th match minute, Harsh Gods was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Laime Laime to maneuver through the defense. Laime Laime's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ollie Clark read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 10th minute of play. Ollie Clark took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Qian Xiong, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, TibaDons's Stan Hewitt got a free kick in the 12th minute. Ollie Clark showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriele Meilutyte in the 18th minute of the match. The supporters of Harsh Gods booed when TibaDons was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Callum Windsor didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match had gone on for 26 minutes, Stanislovas Jacys put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Ollie Clark. In the 40th minute, Laime Laime left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Harsh Gods fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stanislovas Jacys in the 44th minute of play forced TibaDons's goalkeeper Ollie Clark to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 45th minute, Qian Xiong made a precise shot to the right of Ollie Clark. TibaDons's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-7.

Ollie Clark showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Qian Xiong in the 51st minute of the match. Stanislovas Jacys could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Ollie Clark made a huge save. In the 58th minute, Harsh Gods's Qian Xiong dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-8. Ollie Clark didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 61st minute, which inside left pole to 0-9. After 66 minutes of play, Harsh Gods's Qian Xiong made it 0-10 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ollie Clark was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 69th minute Qian Xiong shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ollie Clark saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Qian Xiong could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Ollie Clark made a huge save. Ollie Clark made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Stanislovas Jacys sent off a good shot on target. Dar Viens took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Grant Cornish, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ollie Clark made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Laime Laime in the 76th minute of play. Qian Xiong received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ollie Clark came out and tried to block the shot, but Qian Xiong slotted it home off the left post making it 0-11 in the 77th minute. In the 83rd minute, Laime Laime reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ollie Clark. The goal made the score 0-12. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oro Karalius in the 88th minute of play forced TibaDons's goalkeeper Ollie Clark to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th minute, Harsh Gods's Stanislovas Jacys dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-13. In the 94th minute, Qian Xiong reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ollie Clark. The goal made the score 0-14. Harsh Gods's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.