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Match Report
New Martinsville
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The audience was convinced that Weldon Leary's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rory Doran was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 5 minutes, Milton Enriquez put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Rory Doran. Chase Tolbert hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Pascal Whitehead received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Arturo Gillespie tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 13 minutes of play, Maxton AFC's Gustavo Pool made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arturo Gillespie was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 20th minute of the match Maxton AFC got a corner. New Martinsville's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jarod Browne ran over to the corner to take the kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Weldon Leary managed to get in a good position for a shot. New Martinsville's supporters rose to their feet, but Weldon Leary was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rory Doran breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 26 minutes into the game, one of New Martinsville:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Maxton AFC a penalty, 27 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Jarod Browne, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of New Martinsville's Arturo Gillespie. 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustavo Pool in the 32nd minute of play forced New Martinsville's goalkeeper Arturo Gillespie to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the match, Pascal Whitehead notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of New Martinsville's Arturo Gillespie. Arturo Gillespie was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Weldon Leary fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rory Doran having to interfere.
Pascal Whitehead fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arturo Gillespie having to interfere. Milton Enriquez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rory Doran having to interfere. In the 62nd minute, Pascal Whitehead 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. Rory Doran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Milton Enriquez in the 64th minute of the match. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind New Martinsville's goalkeeper Arturo Gillespie, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Maxton AFC's zone, Milton Enriquez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rory Doran came out of the goal and Milton Enriquez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rex Garland hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. If Pascal Whitehead had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Weldon Leary sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 83rd minute, Gustavo Pool hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 92 minutes, Trevor McGrath managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Maxton AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Trevor McGrath was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 93rd match minute, New Martinsville was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chase Tolbert to maneuver through the defense. Pascal Whitehead in the 95thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Arturo Gillespie, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Maxton AFC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.
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