Rothley
Spectators: 8440 (Terracing: 6331,
Seating: 1941, VIP seats: 168) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Iskandar Au made the kick off which started today's match. 5 minutes into the game, Doncaster AFC's Haziq Tuan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mujahid Ching made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 7th minute Khai Soon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mujahid Ching saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Haziq Tuan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mujahid Ching having to interfere. In the 12th minute Rothley were awarded a corner. Mark Henderson went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Rothley's Mark Henderson to fire away a dangerous shot which Famih Leng despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Mujahid Ching took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Iskandar Au, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Haziq Tuan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 15th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Mujahid Ching showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iskandar Au in the 16th minute of the match. When Haziq Tuan came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Doncaster AFC 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 Haziq Tuan couldn't finish the play. Alex Seng kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Rothley's Mujahid Ching played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iskandar Au in the 24th minute of play. When Haziq Tuan came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Doncaster AFC 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 Haziq Tuan couldn't finish the play. Mujahid Ching showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Danish Chian in the 28th minute of the match. Mujahid Ching made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khai Soon in the 33rd minute of play. 35 minutes into the match, Iskandar Au had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mujahid Ching. Rothley's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Iskandar Au was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. In the 38th minute, Danish Chian 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. 39 minutes into the match, Rothley's goal looked a bit too open when Haziq Tuan came free, but Mujahid Ching reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Danish Chian recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 42nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 43rd minute, Faiz Yang hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 46th minute, Iskandar Au 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. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Noh Lim to make the kick off. When Iskandar Au came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the Doncaster AFC 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 Iskandar Au couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Rothley's Alex Seng got a free kick in the 57th minute. If Iskandar Au had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Nicholas Cho came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Doncaster AFC 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 Nicholas Cho couldn't finish the play. Haziq Tuan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 62nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Danish Chian had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 65 minutes into the match, Nicholas Cho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mujahid Ching. Rothley's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nicholas Cho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Mujahid Ching stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Khai Soon's shot from short distance in the 70th minute. Victor Chong recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Mujahid Ching was a little too slow when Iskandar Au got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 73rd minute. The score was now 0-5. After having played for 79 minutes, Haziq Tuan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Doncaster AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Haziq Tuan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Doncaster AFC's Iskandar Au in the 80th minute got a chance for a shot 80th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Rothley's goalie prevented a goal. When the final whistle sounded Doncaster AFC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Rothley.
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