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Brookton
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Glasston's Rafael van der Vaart 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. Oswald Verhaeghen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafael van der Vaart in the 4th minute of the match. 5 minutes into the game, Mete Golob cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Oswald Verhaeghen was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rafael van der Vaart in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Oswald Verhaeghen saved Brookton from getting behind. Oswald Verhaeghen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rafael van der Vaart, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rafael van der Vaart fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oswald Verhaeghen having to interfere. After having played for 13 minutes, György Németh managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Glasston's supporters crossed their fingers, but György Németh 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 Rafael van der Vaart in the 14th minute of play forced Brookton's goalkeeper Oswald Verhaeghen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eddy Watts fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oswald Verhaeghen having to interfere. After 18 minutes of play, Glasston's Rafael van der Vaart made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Oswald Verhaeghen was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 21 minutes, Rafael van der Vaart made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. Brookton's Oswald Verhaeghen tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Oswald Verhaeghen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gregg Didlick in the 24th minute of play. 25 minutes into the match, György Németh notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Brookton's Oswald Verhaeghen. Oswald Verhaeghen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match clock showed 28 minutes, the score became 0-5 when Mete Golob sped through Brookton's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Oswald Verhaeghen. The audience was convinced that Rafael van der Vaart's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oswald Verhaeghen was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. If Rafael van der Vaart had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 33 minutes into the game, Eddy Watts cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Oswald Verhaeghen was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 37 minutes into the match, Brookton's goal looked a bit too open when Rafael van der Vaart came free, but Oswald Verhaeghen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Rafael van der Vaart's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oswald Verhaeghen was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. After 40th play minutes Rafael van der Vaart shot 0-7, a short shot which went by Oswald Verhaeghen and just under the crossbar into goal. 44 minutes into the game, Rafael van der Vaart cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-8. Oswald Verhaeghen was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Rafael van der Vaart received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Oswald Verhaeghen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-8 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ryan Tebby to make the kick off. Oswald Verhaeghen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tom Rheistein in the 51st minute. Rafael van der Vaarts short, quick shot in the 52ndth minute got Oswald Verhaeghen to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 55 minutes, Rafael van der Vaart made it 0-9 with a short kick to the right side. Brookton's Oswald Verhaeghen tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Glasston's Tom Rheistein got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Rafael van der Vaart's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oswald Verhaeghen was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 62 minutes, Rafael van der Vaart put it in 0-10 from a short distance just to the right of Oswald Verhaeghen. When the match had gone on for 67 minutes, Rafael van der Vaart put it in 0-11 from a short distance just to the right of Oswald Verhaeghen. Rafael van der Vaart fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oswald Verhaeghen having to interfere. Oswald Verhaeghen was a little too slow when Rafael van der Vaart got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 80th minute. The score was now 0-14. Eddy Watts struck a weak shot in the 84th minute. Oswald Verhaeghen didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Glasston. György Németh in the 86thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Oswald Verhaeghen, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Oswald Verhaeghen stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rafael van der Vaart's shot from short distance in the 88th minute. In the 89th minute the ball was on its way in behind Brookton's goalkeeper Oswald Verhaeghen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Oswald Verhaeghen didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Glasston's Mete Golob shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-15 in the ordered_time% minute.