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Cheadle Stadium
Spectators: 10850 (Terracing: 8139, Seating: 2495, VIP seats: 216) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alan da Fonseca started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd minute, Reinaldo Varela 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. 严朋昆 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 吴平银 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Terry Mayfield in the 10th minute. Phillip Woodhall took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Reinaldo Varela, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 19th minute Terry Mayfield shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 吴平银 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 20 minutes, Reinaldo Varela managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rawdon FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Reinaldo Varela was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 28 minutes into the match, Cheadle's goal looked a bit too open when Bernard Ginn came free, but Phillip Woodhall reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 吴平银 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alan da Fonseca in the 30th minute. 33 minutes into the match, Cheadle's goal looked a bit too open when Tony Strickland came free, but Phillip Woodhall reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 34 minutes into the match, Rawdon FC's goal looked a bit too open when Terry Mayfield came free, but 吴平银 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Phillip Woodhall showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tony Strickland in the 35th minute of the match. 38 minutes in the game Olívio Nóbrega did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Bernard Ginn. 39 minutes into the match, Cheadle's goal looked a bit too open when Bernard Ginn came free, but Phillip Woodhall reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 42 minutes in the game Olívio Nóbrega did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Bernard Ginn. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Reinaldo Varela to make the kick off. 吴平银 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alan da Fonseca in the 50th minute of play. In the 52nd match minute, Cheadle was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Witomir Jarocewicz to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Cheadle's Phillip Woodhall got control of the ball when Reinaldo Varela tried to sneak it across the goal line. Reinaldo Varela fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Phillip Woodhall having to interfere. 58 minutes into the match, Rawdon FC's Bernard Ginn sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Phillip Woodhall narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 60th minute Bernard Ginn shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Phillip Woodhall saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by 严朋昆 in the 63rd minute of play forced Rawdon FC's goalkeeper 吴平银 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rawdon FC's 吴平银 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Terry Mayfield in the 66th minute of play. After 67 minutes of play, Rawdon FC's Bernard Ginn made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Phillip Woodhall was left in no man's land by his defense there! 吴平银 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Terry Mayfield, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Phillip Woodhall didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Reinaldo Varela went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Cheadle's Lloyd Mumford got a free kick in the 78th minute. Phillip Woodhall made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Reinaldo Varela sent off a good shot on target. In the 80th minute, Terry Mayfield ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. 吴平银 was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind Cheadle's goalkeeper Phillip Woodhall, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Phillip Woodhall made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tony Strickland in the 94th minute. The Rawdon FC players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Cheadle from taking control. The game ends in a draw.