Friendly League

St James Gate
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gwitart Brickin got the match started through his kick off. Guinness Athletic's Lisandro Ospin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Collen Forbes in the 3rd minute of play. When Louis McWill came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the Guinness Athletic 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 Louis McWill couldn't finish the play. After having played for 6 minutes, Doney McDonald managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Guinness Athletic's supporters crossed their fingers, but Doney McDonald was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kyle Harkin in the 8th minute of play forced inter Cardiff's goalkeeper Siawn Bartells to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 11th minute, Collen Forbes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bleddyn Atkin in the 13th minute of play forced Guinness Athletic's goalkeeper Lisandro Ospin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kyle Harkin took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Siawn Bartells. Siawn Bartells dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Collen Forbes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lisandro Ospin having to interfere. Dewey Hansen kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Lisandro Ospin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Collen Forbes in the 23rd minute of play. Lisandro Ospin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bleddyn Atkin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ryan McNamee got free with Siawn Bartells in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 29 minutes in the game Darick Todd did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Kyle Harkin. Siawn Bartells made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Ryan McNamee sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doney McDonald in the 37th minute of play forced inter Cardiff's goalkeeper Siawn Bartells to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bleddyn Atkin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Lisandro Ospin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 44 minutes into the match, Guinness Athletic's goal looked a bit too open when Bleddyn Atkin came free, but Lisandro Ospin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Llwydeu Crowther kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Guinness Athletic's Louis McWill got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Quinn Coyle to make the kick off. If Collen Forbes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 55th minute, Llwyr Kemble hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match clock showed 56 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Quinn Coyle sped through inter Cardiff's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Siawn Bartells. Briain McJon, 63 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. 68 minutes into the match, Guinness Athletic's goalkeeper Lisandro Ospin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Llwydeu Crowther. With a little luck, Guinness Athletic's Lisandro Ospin got control of the ball when Bleddyn Atkin tried to sneak it across the goal line. Lisandro Ospin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Collen Forbes went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Gwitart Brickin might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lisandro Ospin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gwitart Brickin ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 93rd minute, Louis McWill left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Guinness Athletic fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1.