Bruly
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132,
Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mathias-Alexander Van Halbeeck got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sylvan De Maret in the 4th minute of play forced Attard Gunners's goalkeeper Amadeo Rapinett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rudy Duchateau showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Albert Diacono, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. After some careless play in the Bruly defense, Clayton Brockdorff kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rudy Duchateau. The Bruly fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rudy Duchateau should have stopped the shot. Rudy Duchateau showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Albert Diacono, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Attard Gunners's Amadeo Rapinett played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mathias-Alexander Van Halbeeck in the 17th minute of play. In the 20th minute Albert Diacono shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rudy Duchateau saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Bruly's zone, Andrea Xuereb stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rudy Duchateau came out of the goal and Andrea Xuereb tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Clint Cohen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 26 minutes into the match, Bruly's goal looked a bit too open when Joshua Demanuele came free, but Rudy Duchateau reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bruly's Rudy Duchateau played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Clayton Brockdorff in the 30th minute of play. In the 36th minute Andrea Xuereb shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rudy Duchateau saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Attard Gunners's Joshua Demanuele got a free kick in the 36th minute. Bruly's Rudy Duchateau played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albert Diacono in the 39th minute of play. Rudy Duchateau showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mario Pullicino, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. With a little luck, Attard Gunners's Amadeo Rapinett got control of the ball when Mathias-Alexander Van Halbeeck tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 44th minute Mario Pullicino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rudy Duchateau saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 47 minutes into the match, Joshua Demanuele had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rudy Duchateau. Bruly's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joshua Demanuele was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. 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.
The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Lawrence De Marco to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrea Xuereb in the 54th minute of play forced Bruly's goalkeeper Rudy Duchateau to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Andrea Xuereb got free with Rudy Duchateau in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 58th minute Mathias-Alexander Van Halbeeck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amadeo Rapinett saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bruly's Rudy Duchateau played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lawrence De Marco in the 61st minute of play. Amadeo Rapinett took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mathias-Alexander Van Halbeeck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mathias-Alexander Van Halbeeck in the 69th minute of play forced Attard Gunners's goalkeeper Amadeo Rapinett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 72 minutes into the match, Bruly's goalkeeper Rudy Duchateau had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Joshua Demanuele. When Albert Diacono came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Attard Gunners 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 Albert Diacono couldn't finish the play. In the 75th minute, Ritchie Spoelberghe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Leo Tabone's late challenge caught a Bruly's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Leo Tabone helped the player get up and apologised. In the 77th minute, Leo Tabone hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ritchie Spoelberghe in the 78th minute of play forced Attard Gunners's goalkeeper Amadeo Rapinett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mario Pullicino's late challenge caught a Bruly's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mario Pullicino helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Attard Gunners's Mario Pullicino got a free kick in the 79th minute. Amadeo Rapinett showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ritchie Spoelberghe in the 80th minute of the match. Andrea Xuereb received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Rudy Duchateau tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 88 minutes into the match, Bruly's Jannick Montens broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. 95 minutes into the game, Lawrence De Marco recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Rudy Duchateau. Lawrence De Marco showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-4. The Attard Gunners players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.
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