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Atherstone
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Jessica Khumbotso started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. With his leg Edward Odunlami managed to avoid a goal in the 3rdth minute, when Atherstone's Chukwuraenye Iyekeretin fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Chinweike Waziri scored 1-0 in the 4th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Edward Odunlami, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Edward Odunlami showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chinweike Waziri in the 12th minute of the match. In the 13th minute, Chukwuraenye Iyekeretin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Atherstone fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Chukwuraenye Iyekeretin got free with Edward Odunlami in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 17th minute, Oritse Eze hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Chinweike Waziri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Jessica Khumbotso had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Jessica Khumbotso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kambina Olusola was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Chinweike Waziri struck a weak shot in the 35th minute. Edward Odunlami didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Atherstone. Kurzform Awu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kambina Olusola having to interfere. In the 41st match minute, Atherstone was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Akpojotor Dosu to maneuver through the defense. Chukwuraenye Iyekeretin struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Edward Odunlami didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Atherstone. Chinweike Waziri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Edward Odunlami tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 46 minutes in the game, Chukwuraenye Iyekeretin fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Edward Odunlami having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Chinweike Waziri to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Norby getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Johnson Egbo hit a great ball. 54 minutes into the game, Chinweike Waziri cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Edward Odunlami was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 57th minute the ball was on its way in behind Norby's goalkeeper Edward Odunlami, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 58th minute, Chukwuraenye Iyekeretin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Atherstone's supporters rose to their feet, but Chukwuraenye Iyekeretin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Edward Odunlami breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 60th minute the ball was on its way in behind Norby's goalkeeper Edward Odunlami, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Atherstone's Chinweike Waziri got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Chukwuraenye Iyekeretin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zikoranaudodimma Aiyenugba charged in rather forcefully in the 69th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zikoranaudodimma Aiyenugba the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Atherstone's Zikoranaudodimma Aiyenugba got a free kick in the 69th minute. Jessica Khumbotso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Kambina Olusola tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Umar Adegbehingbe hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chukwuraenye Iyekeretin in the 81st minute of play forced Norby's goalkeeper Edward Odunlami to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 84 minutes into the game, Chinweike Waziri cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Edward Odunlami was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Edward Odunlami took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chukwuraenye Iyekeretin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 97th minute Johnson Egbo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kambina Olusola saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, Norby's Kambina Olusola threw himself towards the right post 98 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jessica Khumbotso, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Atherstone fans cheered their team off the field, for while Norby had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.