League

Highbury
Spectators: 6207 (Terracing: 6082, Seating: 100, VIP seats: 25) Man Utd's Bernard Chetcuti 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. Highbury Boys F.C's Henry Thierry got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Shen Ning Qiang came out of the goal in the 7th minute to try and stop a shot by Man Utd's Bernard Chetcuti. But to his dismay, Bernard Chetcuti quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Shen Ning Qiang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernard Chetcuti in the 11th minute of the match. Mario Magro's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Taddeo Bonvalot firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 17th minute Sebastian Consiglio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Shen Ning Qiang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Henry Thierry received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Taddeo Bonvalot tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mario Magro got free with Taddeo Bonvalot in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With his leg Taddeo Bonvalot managed to avoid a goal in the 23rdth minute, when Highbury Boys F.C's Mario Magro fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Shen Ning Qiang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kurt Simiana in the 25th minute of play. Man Utd's Taddeo Bonvalot proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Man Utd from getting a goal against them. Mario Magro in the 29thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Taddeo Bonvalot, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 33 minutes into the game, Man Utd's Sebastian Consiglio nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Shen Ning Qiang made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Mario Magro had several of the Man Utd's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 38 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-2 score and a disappointed Taddeo Bonvalot as he didn't even see the shot coming. 43 minutes into the match, Kurt Simiana notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Highbury Boys F.C's Shen Ning Qiang. Shen Ning Qiang was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kevin Teuma Castelletti in the 47th minute of play forced Highbury Boys F.C's goalkeeper Shen Ning Qiang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mario Magro made a kick off. Shen Ning Qiang was a little too slow when Kurt Simiana got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 51st minute. The score was now 1-4. In the 54th match minute, Highbury Boys F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfred Depiro to maneuver through the defense. Shen Ning Qiang was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Dennis Cohen. 57 minutes into the game, Highbury Boys F.C's Mario Magro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Taddeo Bonvalot made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-4. In the 62nd minute Kurt Simiana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Shen Ning Qiang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Highbury Boys F.C's Shen Ning Qiang proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save Highbury Boys F.C from getting a goal against them. In the 64th match minute, Man Utd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabian Bisazza to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Highbury Boys F.C getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Mario Magro hit a great ball. 72 minutes into the match, Kurt Simiana had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Shen Ning Qiang. Highbury Boys F.C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kurt Simiana was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-5. John Mary Rapa kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Taddeo Bonvalot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henry Thierry, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. In the 89th minute Mario Magro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Taddeo Bonvalot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 90 minutes into the game, Mario Magro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-6. Taddeo Bonvalot was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.