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Zombies Town
Spectators: 7600 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 100) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Silas Webb started the match with the kick off. Delron Patel's late challenge caught a DISTRICT 9's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Delron Patel helped the player get up and apologised. Delron Patel hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind Kift boys f.c's goalkeeper Alpheus Takane, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Alpheus Takane showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hanile Mbule in the 13th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hanile Mbule in the 15th minute of play forced Kift boys f.c's goalkeeper Alpheus Takane to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 17 minutes into the game, Bomikaze Sephiri was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kift boys f.c's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave DISTRICT 9 the free kick. Dean Patel shot the penalty kick right outside the post. Alpheus Takane showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hanile Mbule, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. With his leg Alpheus Takane managed to avoid a goal in the 22ndth minute, when DISTRICT 9's Jafta Thebe fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 23rdth minute of the game Hanile Mbule who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kift boys f.c's Alpheus Takane was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 26th minute of the match, Hanile Mbule tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Alpheus Takane saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 29th minute of the match, Hanile Mbule tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Alpheus Takane saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Jafta Thebe received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Alpheus Takane tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hanile Mbule succeeded in the game's 35th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. After 39 minutes, Dean Patel mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the DISTRICT 9 and the Kift boys f.c players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 39th match minute, DISTRICT 9 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dean Patel to maneuver through the defense. If Mathibela Konza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Hanile Mbule's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alpheus Takane was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. Kift boys f.c's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Hanile Mbule 46 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Hanile Mbule made a kick off. 61 minutes into the match, Hanile Mbule notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Kift boys f.c's Alpheus Takane. Alpheus Takane was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 64 minutes into the game, Johann Thompson was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. DISTRICT 9's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Kift boys f.c the free kick. Johann Thompson hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Alpheus Takane showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hanile Mbule in the 68th minute of the match. If Jafta Thebe had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Hanile Mbule had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hanile Mbule in the 77th minute of play forced Kift boys f.c's goalkeeper Alpheus Takane to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Johann Thompson kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. When Mathibela Konza came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Kift boys f.c 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 Mathibela Konza couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the Kift boys f.c defense, Jafta Thebe kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alpheus Takane. The Kift boys f.c fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alpheus Takane should have stopped the shot. The supporters of DISTRICT 9 booed when Kift boys f.c was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rabelani Maduna didn't get a good kick on the ball. DISTRICT 9's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.