Prized/Friendly Cup

WeldingDirect Park
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Damian Stonehouse started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to Egg Chasers FC getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Joel Groom hit a great ball. Justin Collingwood received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Fabien Barthez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jasper Attwood struck a weak shot in the 7th minute. Fabien Barthez didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Garlic Eaters. Nikolay Bonkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damian Stonehouse in the 9th minute of the match. Egg Chasers FC's Fabien Barthez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Egg Chasers FC from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tommy Hanley in the 13th minute of play forced Egg Chasers FC's goalkeeper Fabien Barthez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Garlic Eaters's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Pavol Stano in the 14th minute. Joel Afful hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. In the 15th minute, Joel Afful fired away a free kick at the goal, but hit it at the wrong angle and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 17 minutes, Justin Collingwood managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Garlic Eaters's supporters crossed their fingers, but Justin Collingwood was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Pavol Stano, 23 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Nikolay Bonkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damian Stonehouse, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tommy Hanley in the 26th minute of play forced Egg Chasers FC's goalkeeper Fabien Barthez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tommy Hanley in the 26th minute of play forced Egg Chasers FC's goalkeeper Fabien Barthez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fabien Barthez was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Justin Collingwood showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 28 minute of play. Fabien Barthez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Justin Collingwood in the 33rd minute. With a little luck, Egg Chasers FC's Fabien Barthez got control of the ball when Justin Collingwood tried to sneak it across the goal line. Fabien Barthez was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Justin Collingwood showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 36 minute of play. In the 38th minute, Justin Collingwood ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fabien Barthez was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. In the 42nd minute, Matthew Brookman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Egg Chasers FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1.

The wind increased when Justin Collingwood made the kick off in the second half. Fabien Barthez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jasper Attwood, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. A hard shot by Rex Attenborough from long distance, 55 minutes into the match, got Nikolay Bonkov's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Kenny Duckworth hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Pavol Stano took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 57th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Fabien Barthez. Egg Chasers FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Jasper Attwood hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Nikolay Bonkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damian Stonehouse in the 65th minute of the match. Fabien Barthez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tommy Hanley, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Egg Chasers FC's Fabien Barthez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Justin Collingwood in the 68th minute of play. Pavol Stano was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 70 minutes into the match. Pavol Stano hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Jasper Attwood recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 76th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a little luck, Garlic Eaters's Nikolay Bonkov got control of the ball when Peter Crouch tried to sneak it across the goal line. Fabien Barthez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jasper Attwood in the 83rd minute of the match. Jasper Attwood sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Peter Crouch had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Garlic Eaters's Tommy Hanley got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Groom in the 96th minute of play forced Garlic Eaters's goalkeeper Nikolay Bonkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Garlic Eaters had won after a very even match.