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Match Report
Farnborough
Spectators: 8012 (Terracing: 6011,
Seating: 1842, VIP seats: 159) Derek Marenghi started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 2nd match minute, Farnborough was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marco Overmars to maneuver through the defense. Colchester United's George Woodhead got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Derek Marenghi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tomás Lauro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Derek Marenghi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 20th minute, George Woodhead 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. If George Woodhead had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Colchester United's Derek Marenghi got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Rowan Savage showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Derek Marenghi in the 25th minute of the match. Farnborough's Denny Holmes got a good chance for a goal in the 28th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 33rd minute of the match, Denny Holmes tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Natalio Arnas saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. George Woodhead received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Rowan Savage tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 42 minutes into the match, Derek Marenghi notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Farnborough's Rowan Savage. Rowan Savage was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Derek Marenghi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rowan Savage having to interfere. George Woodhead received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Rowan Savage tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Denny Holmes was the one to do the kick off. Rowan Savage showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from George Woodhead in the 52nd minute of the match. George Woodhead sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Colchester United's Derek Marenghi got a good chance for a goal in the 56th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Colchester United's Derek Marenghi got a free kick in the 59th minute. When the match had gone on for 64 minutes, George Woodhead took a quick shot and it went in 0-2 without a chance for Rowan Savage to make any attempt to save it. In the 67th match minute, Farnborough was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Denny Holmes to maneuver through the defense. Rowan Savage was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Derek Marenghi showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-3 in the 72 minute of play. Derek Marenghi struck a weak shot in the 78th minute. Rowan Savage didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Colchester United. George Woodhead sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 88 minutes in the game, Tod Monkman fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Rowan Savage having to interfere. Colchester United's Tod Monkman got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Abayhan Erengüç's late challenge caught a Farnborough's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abayhan Erengüç helped the player get up and apologised. In the 92nd match minute, Colchester United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abayhan Erengüç to maneuver through the defense. After 93 minutes, George Woodhead mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Colchester United and the Farnborough players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Colchester United's George Woodhead got a free kick in the 94th minute. In the 94th minute of the match Malcolm Allwright sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Natalio Arnas skillfully saved the ball. Gerónimo Villavicencio hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. The Farnborough fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Colchester United were clearly better and deserved to take the win.
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