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Etihad Stadium
Spectators: 8150 (Terracing: 6113, Seating: 1874, VIP seats: 163) Dinu Coman started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Frank Pearce showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 蔡霆震 in the 5th minute of the match. After 11 played minutes, Ilfracombe's Theo Easter shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Frank Pearce came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Ilfracombe reached it. 19 minutes into the game, Hugo Fernandez was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ilfracombe's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Manchester City the free kick. Hugo Fernandez kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. In the 20th match minute, Ilfracombe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hugo Fernandez to maneuver through the defense. Geoffrey De Bougne was extremely unlucky when he, in the 22nd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. 23 minutes into the match, Manchester City's Bartlomiej Niedzwiecki sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gyuro Angeliev narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 25th match minute, Manchester City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elliot Colvin to maneuver through the defense. Gyuro Angeliev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dan Saville, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. If Geoffrey De Bougne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 35th minute, Dan Saville ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gyuro Angeliev was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Geoffrey De Bougne scored 3-0 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gyuro Angeliev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Bartlomiej Niedzwiecki to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bartlomiej Niedzwiecki in the 51st minute of play forced Ilfracombe's goalkeeper Gyuro Angeliev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Geoffrey De Bougne sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Manchester City's Bartlomiej Niedzwiecki got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Manchester City made a substitution. Tommy Bedford replaced Dan Saville. 58 minutes into the game, Manchester City's Anthony Carey nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gyuro Angeliev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. In the 66thth minute of the game Anthony Carey who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ilfracombe's Gyuro Angeliev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Anthony Carey sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 83rd minute, Anthony Carey 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. 93 minutes into the match, Anthony Carey notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Ilfracombe's Gyuro Angeliev. Gyuro Angeliev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. There was no doubt that Manchester City were the better team. Manchester City's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.