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Witney Stadium
Spectators: 8582 (Terracing: 6437, Seating: 1974, VIP seats: 171) DAGENHAMS FINEST FC's Jens-Erik Beckman 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. 2 minutes into the game, Ildefonso Rocio was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. DAGENHAMS FINEST FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Witney City the free kick. A collision led to DAGENHAMS FINEST FC getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Ildefonso Rocio hit a great ball. With a little luck, DAGENHAMS FINEST FC's Mattias Nyman got control of the ball when Tim Hurren tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match had gone on for 5 minutes, Tim Hurren took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Mattias Nyman to make any attempt to save it. DAGENHAMS FINEST FC's Mattias Nyman proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save DAGENHAMS FINEST FC from getting a goal against them. Tim Hurren's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Mattias Nyman firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 22nd minute Rio Best shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mattias Nyman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the DAGENHAMS FINEST FC defense, Rio Best kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mattias Nyman. The DAGENHAMS FINEST FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mattias Nyman should have stopped the shot. In the 25th minute, Graham Symons hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mattias Nyman acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 26th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Igor Kyulafliyski. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jens-Erik Beckman in the 27th minute of play forced Witney City's goalkeeper Jerome Canning to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Witney City's Rio Best got a good chance for a goal in the 30th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Witney City's attentive Tod Berry managed to snatch the ball when Reuben Turner made a throw-in in the 32nd minute of the game. Tim Hurren recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 37 minutes had been played when some careless play by Witney City's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Irakliy Belov was slow to take the kick. During this time DAGENHAMS FINEST FC's players had a chance to rest. Chip Archer tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Jerome Canning. An unnecessary self made goal, 2-1 in the 38th minute. Dion Hirst made in the 41st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Witney City's Tod Berry. Mattias Nyman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rio Best in the 43rd minute of the match. In the 45th minute Rio Best shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mattias Nyman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 47 minutes into the match, Rio Best notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of DAGENHAMS FINEST FC's Mattias Nyman. Mattias Nyman was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tim Hurren to make the kick off. Gustavo Rezende succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-2 in the 53rd playminute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jens-Erik Beckman got free with Jerome Canning in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Jens-Erik Beckman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jerome Canning was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. After 61 minutes Witney City's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Irakliy Belov who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Irakliy Belov got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jerome Canning quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Mattias Nyman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tim Hurren in the 67th minute of play. Rio Best struck a weak shot in the 70th minute. Mattias Nyman didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Witney City. After 73 played minutes DAGENHAMS FINEST FC got a freekick which was hit by Ailton Lewandowski. Rio Best scored 4-2 in the 76th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mattias Nyman, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mattias Nyman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tim Hurren in the 81st minute of the match. In the 83rd minute, Rio Best left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Witney City fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jens-Erik Beckman in the 87th minute of play forced Witney City's goalkeeper Jerome Canning to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jens-Erik Beckman in the 87th minute of play forced Witney City's goalkeeper Jerome Canning to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Charles Bolton in the 88th minute of play forced DAGENHAMS FINEST FC's goalkeeper Mattias Nyman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee ended the match the Witney City players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.