League

Eden
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ozzie Burmeister took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute Ozzie Burmeister shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eliot Eastman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 8th match minute, Eden was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Olliver Argoud to maneuver through the defense. Eliot Eastman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dante Lowes in the 9th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ozzie Burmeister in the 10th minute of play forced Eden's goalkeeper Eliot Eastman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paco Lawrence's late challenge caught a Tulkineara's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Paco Lawrence helped the player get up and apologised. In a very dangerous position, a player in Eden fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 12th minute. Penalty! 19 minutes into the game, Cliff Coote was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Eden's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tulkineara the free kick. Cliff Coote kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. After having played for 20 minutes, Dante Lowes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tulkineara's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dante Lowes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Dante Lowes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Eden's Remy Gilding got a free kick in the 27th minute. In the 28th minute of the game, Case Mudie landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dante Lowes during the 28th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Tulkineara's Dante Lowes got a free kick in the 29th minute. After a rather tough play, Eden's Olliver Argoud got a free kick in the 30th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ozzie Burmeister in the 32nd minute of play forced Eden's goalkeeper Eliot Eastman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 33 minutes, Olliver Argoud mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Eden and the Tulkineara players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 33rd minute, Olliver Argoud hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Ozzie Burmeister had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 39 minutes into the game, one of Eden:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dante Lowes in the 44th minute of play forced Eden's goalkeeper Eliot Eastman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 47 minutes into the match, Eden's goal looked a bit too open when Berne Brandie came free, but Eliot Eastman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After the first half Tulkineara were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Corder Ambrose was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ozzie Burmeister got free with Eliot Eastman in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With his leg Eliot Eastman managed to avoid a goal in the 71stth minute, when Tulkineara's Ozzie Burmeister fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The supporters of Tulkineara booed when Eden was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cliff Coote didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dante Lowes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eliot Eastman having to interfere. When Cliff Coote was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 78 minutes had been played. Cliff Coote hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. After 82 played minutes Tulkineara got a freekick which was hit by Jeffers Kaine. When Tulkineara's Ozzie Burmeister, in the 86th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Tulkineara. In the 89th match minute, Tulkineara was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jeffers Kaine to maneuver through the defense. Berne Brandie's late challenge caught a Eden's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Berne Brandie helped the player get up and apologised. After 93 minutes of play, Eden's Corder Ambrose made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Christian Fallen was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match was over Tulkineara could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Eden throughout the match.