League

Maitland
Spectators: 6734 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 0) Gerard Bousquet made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to Maitland getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Granville Miranda hit a great ball. 1-0 became the score in the 10th minute when Mario Dudley elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Elphinstone AFC's Rich Arias proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save Elphinstone AFC from getting a goal against them. 14 minutes into the match, Elphinstone AFC's goalkeeper Rich Arias had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Freeman Boyer. If Mario Dudley had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Freeman Boyer struck a weak shot in the 27th minute. Rich Arias didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Maitland. In the 30th minute, Mario Dudley fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post.

Joey Kiser could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Walker Barker made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Elphinstone AFC's Gerard Bousquet got a free kick in the 58th minute. In the 60th minute Freeman Boyer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rich Arias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Elphinstone AFC defense, Mario Dudley kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rich Arias. The Elphinstone AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rich Arias should have stopped the shot. Rich Arias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Freeman Boyer in the 68th minute of the match. Elphinstone AFC's Rich Arias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Freeman Boyer in the 71st minute of play. In the 74th minute, Mario Dudley ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rich Arias was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Mario Dudley fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rich Arias having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Elphinstone AFC's Onesime Novak got a free kick in the 80th minute. Mario Dudley received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Rich Arias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Elphinstone AFC's Leonardo Bienvenue got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Mario Dudley fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rich Arias having to interfere. In the 96th minute, Mario Dudley made a precise shot to the right of Rich Arias. Elphinstone AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Maitland fully deserved thier win.