League Play-Off

Litchfield Park
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) In the 4th match minute, Pira was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jamie Burmeister to maneuver through the defense. 8 minutes into the match, Lance Millar notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Litchfield's Rick Brady. Rick Brady was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nathan Mckinley's late challenge caught a Litchfield's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nathan Mckinley helped the player get up and apologised. After 11 played minutes Pira got a freekick which was hit by Nathan Mckinley. Rick Brady took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bryant Conlin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Andy Neich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kale Couzens in the 18th minute of play. Rick Brady showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lance Millar in the 22nd minute of the match. Andy Neich came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by Litchfield's Patrick Forrest. But to his dismay, Patrick Forrest quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. 2-1 became the score in the 34th minute when Kale Couzens elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 39 minutes into the match, Litchfield's goal looked a bit too open when Bryant Conlin came free, but Rick Brady reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bryant Conlin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Rick Brady tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 43rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Litchfield's goalkeeper Rick Brady, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Pira's zone, Patrick Forrest stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Andy Neich came out of the goal and Patrick Forrest tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 48th of the match, Kale Couzens tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Andy Neich got in the way and made a wonderful save. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Bryant Conlin made the kick off in the second half. Lance Millar could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Rick Brady made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lance Millar during the 59th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Lance Millar kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 61 minutes, Patrick Forrest put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Andy Neich. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Bryant Conlin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pira's supporters rose to their feet, but Bryant Conlin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rick Brady breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Bryant Conlin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bryant Conlin in the 78th minute of play forced Litchfield's goalkeeper Rick Brady to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Andy Neich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patrick Forrest in the 83rd minute of play. In the 84th minute, Lance Millar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Barnard Gledden's late challenge caught a Pira's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Barnard Gledden helped the player get up and apologised. In the 87th minute, Bryson Giddey fired a really elegant long shot, but Rick Brady threw himself and managed to get hold of the ball just in front of the right post. Bryant Conlin received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Rick Brady came out and tried to block the shot, but Bryant Conlin slotted it home off the left post making it 3-3 in the 90th minute. Lance Millar might have been able to make a better finish in the 93rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rick Brady. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lance Millar ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 94th minute the ball was on its way in behind Litchfield's goalkeeper Rick Brady, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Pira's Andy Neich played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kale Couzens in the 96th minute of play. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.