League

Pira Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bryant Conlin started the match with the kick off. Nathan Mckinley received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Alfred Schulzte came out and tried to block the shot, but Nathan Mckinley slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 5th minute. The supporters of Pira booed when Brogo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nash Gledden didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lance Millar got free with Alfred Schulzte in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alfred Schulzte made a fantastic save in the 16th minute, when Lance Millar sent off a good shot on target. In the 19th minute, Pira's Nash Day ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Alfred Schulzte. Alfred Schulzte yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. Boyd Spurr kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. After recieving a nice pass, Pira's Bryson Giddey tried to score from far away in the 22nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 24th play minute Lance Millar came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Alfred Schulzte. 4-0. Reese Reynolds succeeded in the game's 27th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 4-1. In the 32nd minute Battle Kennedy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andy Neich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 35thth minute of the game Reese Reynolds who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pira's Andy Neich was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Darren Grandison lost his temper 44 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Pira fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 43rd minute. Penalty! Pira:s Andy Neich showed great skill when he stopped Raleigh Mcmillan:s penalty. After some careless play in the Pira defense, Raleigh Mcmillan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Andy Neich. The Pira fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Andy Neich should have stopped the shot.

Lance Millar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Alfred Schulzte tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Brogo's Alfred Schulzte played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lance Millar in the 61st minute of play. When the match clock showed 62 minutes, the score became 5-2 when Nathan Mckinley sped through Brogo's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Alfred Schulzte. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lance Millar in the 68th minute of play forced Brogo's goalkeeper Alfred Schulzte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alfred Schulzte showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lance Millar, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. If Lance Millar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lance Millar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Alfred Schulzte tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 97th minute, Reese Reynolds 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. Pira's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.