League

Santiago Bernabeu
Spectators: 9106 (Terracing: 6450, Seating: 2506, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Bilal Mahdoufi took the kick off in the first half of the match. With his leg Brendon Boatman managed to avoid a goal in the 7thth minute, when Real Madrid's Chaman Yeddyurappa fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Bilal Mahdoufi hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. In the 13th minute the ball was on its way in behind Real Madrid's goalkeeper John Diller, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Albino Jordy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. John Diller tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arula Sahu made in the 18th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Shireoaks's Usem Mahdoufi. Chaman Yeddyurappa might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Brendon Boatman. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Chaman Yeddyurappa ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 23rd minute Jeremias Jämsen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but John Diller saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Shivaraja Sandhu charged in rather forcefully in the 24th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Shivaraja Sandhu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Shireoaks booed when Real Madrid was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Shivaraja Sandhu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bilal Mahdoufi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 28th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Arula Sahu came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Real Madrid 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 Arula Sahu couldn't finish the play. Brendon Boatman made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Chaman Yeddyurappa sent off a good shot on target. Abhisoka Brar struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Brendon Boatman didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Real Madrid. 46 minutes into the game, Arula Sahu threw the ball into play from the sideline. Shireoaks's Usem Mahdoufi quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Chaman Yeddyurappa made a kick off. Iksuda Bakshi hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. In the 62nd minute, Tomas Quentin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. John Diller stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bilal Mahdoufi's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. Brendon Boatman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Löfgren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 70 minutes into the match, Chaman Yeddyurappa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Brendon Boatman. Shireoaks's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Chaman Yeddyurappa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Brendon Boatman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Löfgren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Brendon Boatman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chaman Yeddyurappa in the 75th minute of the match. 80 minutes into the match, Real Madrid's goalkeeper John Diller had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Albino Jordy. John Diller made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Albino Jordy sent off a good shot on target. In the 95th minute, Chaman Yeddyurappa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Brendon Boatman was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Shireoaks's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.