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Sepsi Aréna
Spectators: 7524 (Terracing: 5644, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kristian Rouse made the kick off which started today's match. With a little luck, Maidstone's Tommy Collingwood got control of the ball when Themis Zacharatos tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jens Sundberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kristian Rouse, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. After some careless play in the Maidstone defense, Lee Branston kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tommy Collingwood. The Maidstone fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tommy Collingwood should have stopped the shot. In the 15th minute, Darryl Butterworth hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Tommy Collingwood managed to avoid a goal in the 18thth minute, when Sepsi OSK's Themis Zacharatos fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Maidstone's Tommy Collingwood proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save Maidstone from getting a goal against them. 21 minutes into the match, Lee Branston dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Tommy Collingwood, 2-0. In the 28th minute, Danny Housham 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. In the 31st minute of the match, Themis Zacharatos got a very nice opportunity to score, but Tommy Collingwood was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 34th minute, Themis Zacharatos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sepsi OSK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Billie Knight received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Tommy Collingwood tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 41 minutes, Themis Zacharatos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sepsi OSK's supporters crossed their fingers, but Themis Zacharatos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Maidstone's defense didn't have a chance, in the 43rd minute, when Lee Branston scored to the left of an out of position Tommy Collingwood, making the score, 5-0. Ömer Türkoğlu hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Themis Zacharatos to strike the kick off in the second half. When Sepsi OSK's Themis Zacharatos in the 56th minute got a chance for a shot 56th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Maidstone's goalie prevented a goal. Maidstone's Tommy Collingwood played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Themis Zacharatos in the 57th minute of play. Sepsi OSK's Lee Branston got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Maidstone's Tommy Collingwood played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 孔寒亮 in the 60th minute of play. Sepsi OSK's Themis Zacharatos got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lee Branston received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Tommy Collingwood tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 73rd minute Isaac Swain shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tommy Collingwood saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Trevor Renton charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Trevor Renton the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Sepsi OSK booed when Maidstone was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Trevor Renton didn't get a good kick on the ball. 80 minutes into the match, Trevor Renton notched a goal, 5-1, to the right of Sepsi OSK's Jens Sundberg. Jens Sundberg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Tommy Collingwood stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lee Branston's shot from short distance in the 84th minute. In the 92nd minute Themis Zacharatos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tommy Collingwood saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tommy Collingwood made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Themis Zacharatos in the 96th minute of play. Sepsi OSK's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.