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SunCity Stadium
Spectators: 7947 (Terracing: 5961, Seating: 1828, VIP seats: 158) An unexpectedly hard shot by Rufus Christensen in the 3rd minute of play forced FC Siauliai City's goalkeeper Rory Lawson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 4th minute Kenny Storry shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rory Lawson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Nathanial Norton took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Laurence Baldwin to make any attempt to save it. Rory Lawson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rufus Christensen, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Rory Lawson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kenny Storry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Nathanial Norton took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Laurence Baldwin to make any attempt to save it. Laurence Baldwin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kris Baker in the 23rd minute. With a little luck, Longridge AFC's Laurence Baldwin got control of the ball when Kris Baker tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 28 played minutes Longridge AFC got a freekick which was hit by Rufus Christensen. Rory Lawson came out of the goal in the 31st minute to try and stop a shot by Longridge AFC's Tris Page. But to his dismay, Tris Page quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. In the 34th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Siauliai City's goalkeeper Rory Lawson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Nathanial Norton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 37 minutes into the match, FC Siauliai City's Nathanial Norton sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Laurence Baldwin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Rory Lawson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kenny Storry, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Laurence Baldwin made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Kris Baker sent off a good shot on target. Rory Lawson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rufus Christensen in the 44th minute of the match. Rory Lawson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kenny Storry in the 46th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rufus Christensen was the one to do the kick off. Laurence Baldwin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kris Baker, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Kenny Storry hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nathanial Norton in the 58th minute of play forced Longridge AFC's goalkeeper Laurence Baldwin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kris Baker sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 63 minutes into the match, Curtis Beevers notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of FC Siauliai City's Rory Lawson. Rory Lawson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Kris Baker received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Laurence Baldwin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. FC Siauliai City's Nathanial Norton got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 73rd minute, Rufus Christensen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Longridge AFC defense, Kris Baker kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Laurence Baldwin. The Longridge AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Laurence Baldwin should have stopped the shot. Curtis Beevers's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Rory Lawson firmly grabbed it by the left post. The audience was convinced that Kris Baker's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Laurence Baldwin was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. Nathanial Norton received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Laurence Baldwin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.