League Play-Off

The Quiver
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kant Cooley made the kick off which started today's match. Zhao Ran Ming made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Larry Ferrell in the 6th minute of play. In the 8th play minute Larry Ferrell came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Zhao Ran Ming. 1-0. Ged Nightingale took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Camilo Ferrara, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Coventry Wasps's Zack Doughty got a free kick in the 16th minute. Coventry Wasps's Zhao Ran Ming proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Coventry Wasps from getting a goal against them. After 26 played minutes Arrows Academy FC got a freekick which was hit by Connor Pringle. Ged Nightingale made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Camilo Ferrara in the 27th minute of play. After 29 played minutes Arrows Academy FC got a freekick which was hit by Bryan Barron. 32 minutes into the game, Grzegorz Piechna cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Zhao Ran Ming was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the match clock showed 34 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Larry Ferrell sped through Coventry Wasps's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Zhao Ran Ming. Zhao Ran Ming stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Larry Ferrell's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. The supporters of Coventry Wasps booed when Arrows Academy FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Danny Bartlett didn't get a good kick on the ball. Guy Hogg hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

The wind increased when Larry Ferrell made the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes of play, Coventry Wasps's Camilo Ferrara made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ged Nightingale was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match had gone on for 56 minutes, Larry Ferrell put it in 5-1 from a short distance just to the right of Zhao Ran Ming. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zack Doughty got free with Ged Nightingale in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Zhao Ran Ming made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabricio Enekoitz in the 61st minute of play. In the 66th minute Fabricio Enekoitz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zhao Ran Ming saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zhao Ran Ming came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by Arrows Academy FC's Fabricio Enekoitz. But to his dismay, Fabricio Enekoitz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-1. Zhao Ran Ming showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Larry Ferrell in the 73rd minute of the match. Fabricio Enekoitz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zhao Ran Ming having to interfere. Coventry Wasps made a substitution. Sigmar Gustafson replaced Kant Cooley. Bryan Barron recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grzegorz Piechna in the 82nd minute of play forced Coventry Wasps's goalkeeper Zhao Ran Ming to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 83 minutes had been played when some careless play by Coventry Wasps's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Guy Hogg was slow to take the kick. During this time Arrows Academy FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Grzegorz Piechna got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 7-1. 84 minutes into the match. In the 84thth minute of the game Grzegorz Piechna who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Coventry Wasps's Zhao Ran Ming was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 86thth minute of the game Fabricio Enekoitz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Coventry Wasps's Zhao Ran Ming was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 89 minutes into the match, Arrows Academy FC's goalkeeper Ged Nightingale had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mark Booth. After 95 played minutes Arrows Academy FC got a freekick which was hit by Connor Pringle. When Pete Munroe came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Coventry Wasps 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 Pete Munroe couldn't finish the play. Arrows Academy FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.