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Spectators: 10209 (Terracing: 7500, Seating: 2493, VIP seats: 216) ATHLETIC GLORY - FDFDF's Li Xiong started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 4 minutes of play, New Wave FC's Ashley Linkletter made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ariel Seme was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to New Wave FC getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Kirk Sinclair hit a great ball. In the 8th minute, ATHLETIC GLORY - FDFDF's Vitinho Seco dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. ATHLETIC GLORY - FDFDF's Ariel Seme played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivan Kaye in the 14th minute of play. New Wave FC's Jonathan Fuller played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Agnaldo Mandrak in the 16th minute of play. Vitinho Seco scored 2-1 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Fuller, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Agnaldo Mandrak succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-1 in the 22nd playminute. After having played for 26 minutes, Ivan Kaye managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. New Wave FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ivan Kaye was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 29 minutes into the game, Li Xiong cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-1. Jonathan Fuller was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Vitinho Seco blasted a shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jonathan Fuller having to make a save. 37 minutes into the match, Vitinho Seco dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jonathan Fuller, 5-1. Vitinho Seco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Fuller having to interfere. Vitinho Seco charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vitinho Seco the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-1 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Dave Henwood made a kick off. Jonathan Fuller showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Li Xiong in the 52nd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in New Wave FC's zone, Li Xiong stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Fuller came out of the goal and Li Xiong tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dave Henwood in the 58th minute of play forced ATHLETIC GLORY - FDFDF's goalkeeper Ariel Seme to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Agnaldo Mandrak took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Fuller. Jonathan Fuller dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-1. Ariel Seme made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ashley Linkletter in the 66th minute. 72 minutes into the match, Agnaldo Mandrak had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonathan Fuller. New Wave FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Agnaldo Mandrak was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-1. If Ivan Kaye had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jonathan Fuller showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henry Ely in the 83rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Li Xiong's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Fuller was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. 91 minutes into the match, Vitinho Seco notched a goal, 8-1, to the right of New Wave FC's Jonathan Fuller. Jonathan Fuller was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Li Xiong in the 94th minute of play forced New Wave FC's goalkeeper Jonathan Fuller to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonathan Fuller showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Agnaldo Mandrak, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. In the 97th match minute, ATHLETIC GLORY - FDFDF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mauro-Iván Tabilo to maneuver through the defense.