Prized/Friendly Cup

Lions Den
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Şükür Hagi took the kick off in the first half of the match. 5 minutes into the match, Harchester United's goal looked a bit too open when Camron Rhodes came free, but Gary Kelly reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Randall Burton's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Grant Blacknell was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. In the 12th minute Emiliano Fidele shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grant Blacknell saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Harchester United's Gary Kelly proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Harchester United from getting a goal against them. Will Patton received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Gary Kelly tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 32nd match minute, Leicester Lions was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patryk Plučinský to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Randall Burton managed to get in a good position for a shot. Harchester United's supporters rose to their feet, but Randall Burton was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Grant Blacknell breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gary Kelly made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when Sebastien Clifford sent off a good shot on target. Grant Blacknell made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emiliano Fidele in the 38th minute of play. 39 minutes in the game, Emiliano Fidele dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. In the 41st minute Fotyo Tuliyski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grant Blacknell saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Danny Farmer ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Grant Blacknell was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. A collision led to Leicester Lions getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Will Patton hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Fotyo Tuliyski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Harchester United's supporters rose to their feet, but Fotyo Tuliyski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Grant Blacknell breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Fotyo Tuliyski got free with Grant Blacknell in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emiliano Fidele in the 56th minute of play forced Leicester Lions's goalkeeper Grant Blacknell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gary Kelly showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Camron Rhodes in the 72nd minute of the match. Gary Kelly made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Will Patton in the 74th minute of play. With a little luck, Leicester Lions's Grant Blacknell got control of the ball when Emiliano Fidele tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 80th minute, Will Patton 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. Harchester United made a substitution. Timothy McGovern replaced Randall Burton. A collision led to Harchester United getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Fotyo Tuliyski hit a great ball. If Tod Freeman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Harchester United's Rupert Brooks got a free kick in the 89th minute. Tod Freeman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a defensive mix-up in Leicester Lions's zone, Rupert Brooks stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Grant Blacknell came out of the goal and Rupert Brooks tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Leicester Lions's Tod Freeman got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Harchester United eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.