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Match Report
Duffield
Spectators: 6722 (Terracing: 5000,
Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 0) Duffield's Damien Leon started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damien Leon in the 3rd minute of play forced Barich's goalkeeper Carl Jackson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Herb Rutherford hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damien Leon in the 10th minute of play forced Barich's goalkeeper Carl Jackson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Damien Leon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Carl Jackson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Tristan Cornell came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Duffield fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Tristan Cornell couldn't finish the play. Tristan Cornell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carl Jackson having to interfere. After 20 played minutes Duffield's Tristan Cornell stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Carl Jackson stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Barich of the goal. 29 minutes had been played when some careless play by Duffield's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lon Pennington was slow to take the kick. During this time Barich's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Loup Osborne got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Darell Cullen quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Duffield's Damien Leon got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Darell Cullen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Loup Osborne in the 41st minute of play. Darell Cullen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Herb Rutherford, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. 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.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Corin Rudolph stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the game, Tristan Cornell was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Duffield's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Barich the free kick. Tristan Cornell kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Loup Osborne received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Darell Cullen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Herb Rutherford hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. A collision led to Barich getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Loup Osborne hit a great ball. 65 minutes into the match, Duffield's goalkeeper Darell Cullen had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Loup Osborne. Carl Jackson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damien Leon, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Don Kilgore during the 75th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a defensive mix-up in Barich's zone, Tristan Cornell stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Carl Jackson came out of the goal and Tristan Cornell tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 84 minutes, Damien Leon managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Duffield's supporters crossed their fingers, but Damien Leon was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.
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