Friendly League

Arms Park
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The White Rovers's Mattias Cartwright started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 6th minute, Selyv Hacker 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. After 8 played minutes inter Cardiff got a freekick which was hit by Collen Forbes. After 11 played minutes inter Cardiff got a freekick which was hit by Collen Forbes. 21 minutes into the game, Doug Walker was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. The White Rovers's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave inter Cardiff the free kick. Doug Walker hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Selyv Hacker kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. Siawn Bartells showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Dlyan in the 28th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, inter Cardiff's Francis Gurney threw himself towards the right post 31 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Collen Forbes, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 31st minute, Collen Forbes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The inter Cardiff fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. After 34 minutes, Mattias Cartwright made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. inter Cardiff's Siawn Bartells tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 38 minutes into the match, The White Rovers's goal looked a bit too open when Selyv Hacker came free, but Francis Gurney reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Selyv Hacker to strike the kick off in the second half. Mattias Cartwright in the 52ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Siawn Bartells, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doug Walker in the 55th minute of play forced inter Cardiff's goalkeeper Siawn Bartells to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The White Rovers's Francis Gurney played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Selyv Hacker in the 59th minute of play. 59 minutes into the game, inter Cardiff's Selyv Hacker nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Francis Gurney made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. After 63 minutes, Selyv Hacker mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the inter Cardiff and the The White Rovers players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 63rd minute, Selyv Hacker hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Siawn Bartells showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mattias Cartwright, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. In the 67th minute, inter Cardiff's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Nick Rushforth fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mattias Cartwright in the 70th minute of play forced inter Cardiff's goalkeeper Siawn Bartells to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mattias Cartwright fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Siawn Bartells having to interfere. In the 75th match minute, The White Rovers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tom Dearden to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Mattias Cartwright kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Siawn Bartells. That made the score 2-2 in the 80 minute of play. In the 85th minute, Mattias Cartwright fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. After 88 minutes, Mattias Cartwright made it 2-3 with a short kick to the right side. inter Cardiff's Siawn Bartells tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Mattias Winship hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. After 91 played minutes, inter Cardiff's Llwydeu Crowther shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Francis Gurney came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in inter Cardiff reached it. The audience was convinced that Selyv Hacker's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Francis Gurney was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. The White Rovers's Francis Gurney played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Collen Forbes in the 94th minute of play. The White Rovers played a much better game than inter Cardiff and deserved their victory. The inter Cardiff players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.