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Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Alan Young kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute, Keith Hardwick hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 9 minutes, Austen Pennant mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the The Handsome Wizards UTD and the Leicester Foxes Academy players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Leicester Foxes Academy booed when The Handsome Wizards UTD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Austen Pennant didn't get a good kick on the ball. 11 minutes into the match, The Handsome Wizards UTD's goal looked a bit too open when Stuart Greenfield came free, but Luke Hollingsworth reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 18 minutes into the game, Benjamin Sykes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. 梅荣光 was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 23rd minute, Dominik Smith left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The The Handsome Wizards UTD fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. A collision led to The Handsome Wizards UTD getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Nathanial Weeks hit a great ball. Luke Hollingsworth made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alan Young in the 28th minute. After having played for 31 minutes, Harvey Bowler managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Leicester Foxes Academy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Harvey Bowler was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 33rd minute Alan Young shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luke Hollingsworth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Leicester Foxes Academy getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Nathan Stevens hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dominik Smith in the 39th minute of play forced Leicester Foxes Academy's goalkeeper 梅荣光 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. John Lynch's late challenge caught a Leicester Foxes Academy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. John Lynch helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to The Handsome Wizards UTD getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Tyler Gibson hit a great ball. After 45 minutes of play, The Handsome Wizards UTD's Dominik Smith made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 梅荣光 was left in no man's land by his defense there! Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Benjamin Sykes was the one to do the kick off. 梅荣光 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dominik Smith, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alan Young in the 62nd minute of play forced The Handsome Wizards UTD's goalkeeper Luke Hollingsworth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute, Basiel Kindermans hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 71st minute Alan Young shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luke Hollingsworth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nathan Stevens succeeded in the game's 74th minute to get real power on a long shot . The Handsome Wizards UTD's Luke Hollingsworth hadn't the time to block the shot which was pasted into the goal, 1-3! 77 minutes into the match, Alan Young had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luke Hollingsworth. The Handsome Wizards UTD's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alan Young was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. In the 80th minute Nathan Stevens shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luke Hollingsworth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alan Young in the 83rd minute of play forced The Handsome Wizards UTD's goalkeeper Luke Hollingsworth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Leicester Foxes Academy's 梅荣光 got control of the ball when Benjamin Sykes tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 89th minute, Nathan Stevens made a precise shot to the right of Luke Hollingsworth. The Handsome Wizards UTD's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-3. Dominik Smith kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Leicester Foxes Academy players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.