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Match Report
Lively
Spectators: 6728 (Terracing: 5000,
Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 0) In the 5th minute, Dorsey Brousse 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 7th minute the ball was on its way in behind Lively's goalkeeper Corentin Parrish, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Dean Kim hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Anton Benedict made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mauricio Guibord in the 10th minute. Leslie Witt who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 12thth minute tested the skills of Anton Benedict when he managed to save the team from getting behind. If Leslie Witt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Connie Bingham managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lively's supporters rose to their feet, but Connie Bingham was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anton Benedict breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aron Lacroix in the 19th minute of play forced Lively's goalkeeper Corentin Parrish to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Hollyburn booed when Lively was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rodolphe Ragsdale didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lively's Corentin Parrish played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aron Lacroix in the 21st minute of play. After 24 minutes of play, Lively's Connie Bingham made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Anton Benedict was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience thought a goal was coming when Connie Bingham got free with Anton Benedict in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Leslie Witt was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Leslie Witt 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. 54 minutes into the match, Hollyburn's goal looked a bit too open when Connie Bingham came free, but Anton Benedict reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Anton Benedict showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Connie Bingham, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Corentin Parrish made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aron Lacroix in the 56th minute of play. Leslie Witt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Anton Benedict tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Lively's Darrick Shields got a free kick in the 62nd minute. 75 minutes into the match, Hollyburn's Dorsey Brousse sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Corentin Parrish narrowly saved just below the crossbar. César Masters fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Corentin Parrish having to interfere. In the 89th minute of the match Millard Thurman shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Corentin Parrish showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Dorsey Brousse sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hollyburn's Aron Lacroix got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hollyburn's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.
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