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Birch House Stadium
Spectators: 8600 (Terracing: 6450, Seating: 1978, VIP seats: 172) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jonathan Siong took the kick off in the first half of the match. Silvestre Benat made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonathan Siong in the 2nd minute of play. In the 3rdth minute of the game Jonathan Siong who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Birch House AFC's Silvestre Benat was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 4 minutes into the match, Birch House AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Bernt Willig came free, but Silvestre Benat reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 8 minutes into the match, Birch House AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Wen Ke Yan came free, but Silvestre Benat reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 10 minutes into the game, Wen Ke Yan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Silvestre Benat was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Silvestre Benat didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wen Ke Yan went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Birch House AFC's Silvestre Benat played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cláudio Botelho in the 19th minute of play. Silvestre Benat made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wen Ke Yan in the 25th minute of play. Cláudio Botelho might have been able to make a better finish in the 26th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Silvestre Benat. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cláudio Botelho ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 28th minute, Jonathan Siong ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Silvestre Benat was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. 31 minutes into the game, Bernt Willig cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Silvestre Benat was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Cláudio Botelho scored 0-6 in the 35th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Silvestre Benat, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Silvestre Benat made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wen Ke Yan in the 38th minute of play. Silvestre Benat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cláudio Botelho in the 40th minute of the match. In the 45th minute, Jonathan Siong left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Stars fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. After the first half Stars were leading 0-7. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jacky Wilshere to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Stars's goal looked a bit too open when 韩海强 came free, but Muhammad Chan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Birch House AFC defense, Cláudio Botelho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Silvestre Benat. The Birch House AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Silvestre Benat should have stopped the shot. In the 56th minute, Cláudio Botelho reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Silvestre Benat. The goal made the score 0-9. After 59 played minutes Stars got a freekick which was hit by Radomir Kosowski. Silvestre Benat took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cláudio Botelho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Silvestre Benat took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cláudio Botelho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Birch House AFC's Silvestre Benat got control of the ball when Mikael Månsson tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 69th minute, Wen Ke Yan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Stars fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-11. Jonathan Siong struck a weak shot in the 72nd minute. Silvestre Benat didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Stars. Stars's Rudy Chandran was substituted for Jonathan Siong. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rudy Chandran in the 79th minute of play forced Birch House AFC's goalkeeper Silvestre Benat to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 80 minutes into the match, Bernt Willig notched a goal, 0-13, to the right of Birch House AFC's Silvestre Benat. Silvestre Benat was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Birch House AFC's Silvestre Benat played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cláudio Botelho in the 83rd minute of play. With his leg Silvestre Benat managed to avoid a goal in the 83rdth minute, when Stars's Rudy Chandran fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Bernt Willig scored 0-14 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Silvestre Benat, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 88 minutes into the match, Birch House AFC's goalkeeper Silvestre Benat had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mikael Månsson. Birch House AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 90th minute, when Claudinei Damião scored to the left of an out of position Silvestre Benat, making the score, 0-15. Silvestre Benat took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rudy Chandran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 95 minutes, Cláudio Botelho took a quick shot and it went in 0-16 without a chance for Silvestre Benat to make any attempt to save it. The Birch House AFC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Stars were clearly better and deserved to take the win.