League Play-Off

Millingandi Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Brendon Diefenbach kicked off to start the match. After 2 minutes, Jerrard Withy mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cobden and the Millingandi players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Cobden's Jerrard Withy got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Brendon Diefenbach received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Cullen Triplett tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 9 minutes into the match, Jake Feutrill had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bennett Kenack. Millingandi's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jake Feutrill was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brendon Diefenbach in the 13th minute of play forced Cobden's goalkeeper Cullen Triplett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Millingandi booed when Cobden was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jacob Giles didn't get a good kick on the ball. After recieving a nice pass, Millingandi's Hans Rhoades tried to score from far away in the 16th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 18 minutes into the match, Dacosta Carbery dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Cullen Triplett, 1-1. 23 minutes into the match, Millingandi's goal looked a bit too open when Jake Feutrill came free, but Bennett Kenack reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 31st minute Jacob Giles shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bennett Kenack saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 33rd minute, Millingandi's Brendon Diefenbach ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Cullen Triplett. Cullen Triplett yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. 3-1 became the score in the 46th minute when Brendon Diefenbach elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Adam Fessey made the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the match, Cobden's goal looked a bit too open when Brendon Diefenbach came free, but Cullen Triplett reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Brendon Diefenbach recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 57th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Cullen Triplett took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Raleigh Hauschildt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bennett Kenack made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jake Feutrill in the 66th minute. Bennett Kenack made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jake Feutrill in the 67th minute. Brendon Diefenbach hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Cullen Triplett showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raleigh Hauschildt, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Andre Gannan charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Andre Gannan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 77th match minute, Cobden was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andre Gannan to maneuver through the defense. Jake Feutrill might have been able to make a better finish in the 80th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bennett Kenack. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jake Feutrill ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience was convinced that Raleigh Hauschildt's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cullen Triplett was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Cobden's Andre Gannan got a free kick in the 85th minute. If Andre Gannan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Adam Fessey fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bennett Kenack having to interfere. With a little luck, Millingandi's Bennett Kenack got control of the ball when Jake Feutrill tried to sneak it across the goal line. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Millingandi fans cheered their team off the field, for while Cobden had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.