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Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Belper Town's George Meadowcroft 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. If George Meadowcroft had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Silvester Constable sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Richie Fordham hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Glyn Sherwood didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when 武汉三镇足球队's 白棋希 shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. After a defensive mix-up in Belper Town's zone, 白棋希 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Glyn Sherwood came out of the goal and 白棋希 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 17th minute, 余真青 got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 21st minute, 白棋希 reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Glyn Sherwood. The goal made the score 2-0. 余真青 struck a weak shot in the 23rd minute. Glyn Sherwood didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for 武汉三镇足球队. An unexpectedly hard shot by George Meadowcroft in the 28th minute of play forced 武汉三镇足球队's goalkeeper 郭鸿凌 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 29th minute of the match Belper Town got a corner. 武汉三镇足球队's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Richie Fordham ran over to the corner to take the kick. 36 minutes into the match, 余真青 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Glyn Sherwood. Belper Town's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 余真青 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. 余真青 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 41 minutes, 余真青 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 武汉三镇足球队's supporters crossed their fingers, but 余真青 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Glyn Sherwood showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 董奕银 in the 51st minute of the match. When the match clock showed 54 minutes, the score became 4-0 when 白棋希 sped through Belper Town's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Glyn Sherwood. A collision led to 武汉三镇足球队 getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. 何迪卫 hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in 武汉三镇足球队's zone, Sebastien Appleton stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 郭鸿凌 came out of the goal and Sebastien Appleton tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 65 minutes into the match, Belper Town's goal looked a bit too open when 白棋希 came free, but Glyn Sherwood reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When 白棋希 came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the 武汉三镇足球队 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 白棋希 couldn't finish the play. The supporters of 武汉三镇足球队 booed when Belper Town was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Richie Fordham didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 76th minute, 白棋希 got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 白棋希 took the ball and in the 78 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Glyn Sherwood. Glyn Sherwood dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. The throw-in from 董奕银 in the 82nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Belper Town's Sebastien Appleton. 白棋希 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Glyn Sherwood tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that 白棋希's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Glyn Sherwood was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when George Meadowcroft got free with 郭鸿凌 in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, 武汉三镇足球队's 白棋希 got a free kick in the 95th minute.