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Highbury
Spectators: 8475 (Terracing: 6357, Seating: 1949, VIP seats: 169) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Umberto de Souza kicked off to start the match. Umberto de Souza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Wesley Brearley showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Umberto de Souza, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. A collision led to Arsene fc getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Thom Stayton hit a great ball. In the 5th minute, Umberto de Souza left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Barking fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Allan Wardell made an important save on a dangerous shot by Basil Crooks in the 10th minute. In the 13th minute, Umberto de Souza made a precise shot to the right of Wesley Brearley. Arsene fc's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Wesley Brearley made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Charlie Cooke in the 20th minute of play. 21 minutes into the game, Arsene fc's Gu Yu Peng nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Allan Wardell made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. After 24 minutes of play, Barking's Kerim De Vito made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Wesley Brearley was left in no man's land by his defense there! Arsene fc were furious when Barrie Butterfield was red carded, 27 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee gave Barking a penalty, 29 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Aleksander Gendolla, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Arsene fc's Wesley Brearley. 1-4. Kerim De Vito sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Wesley Brearley came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by Barking's Kerim De Vito. But to his dismay, Kerim De Vito quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-5. In the 47thth minute of the game Umberto de Souza who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Arsene fc's Wesley Brearley was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-5 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Basil Crooks to strike the kick off in the second half. Kerim De Vito succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-6 in the 57th playminute. In the 62nd minute, Basil Crooks made a precise shot to the right of Allan Wardell. Barking's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-6. Arsene fc's Wesley Brearley played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Umberto de Souza in the 66th minute of play. After having played for 69 minutes, Umberto de Souza managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Barking's supporters crossed their fingers, but Umberto de Souza was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 71st play minutes Umberto de Souza shot 2-7, a short shot which went by Wesley Brearley and just under the crossbar into goal. Arsene fc's Wesley Brearley proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Arsene fc from getting a goal against them. Kerim De Vito struck a weak shot in the 84th minute. Wesley Brearley didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Barking. After a rather tough play, Arsene fc's Zayvion Sabino got a free kick in the 88th minute. In the 89th minute, a hard, long distance shot from Aleksander Gendolla hit the top of the crossbar and flew over the goal. 92 minutes into the game, Umberto de Souza cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-8. Wesley Brearley was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Barking's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.