League

Manouane Park
Spectators: 6727 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Carter Rouse started the match with the kick off. Jeremiah Huang received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Karl Ladner tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Watino AFC's Kareem Barnes in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Manouane's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to Manouane getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Luigi Davies hit a great ball. Kareem Barnes recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Esteban Tolbert's late challenge caught a Manouane's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Esteban Tolbert helped the player get up and apologised. Esteban Tolbert hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. When Watino AFC's Kareem Barnes in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Manouane's goalie prevented a goal. Karl Ladner came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by Watino AFC's Jeremiah Huang. But to his dismay, Jeremiah Huang quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Dennis Michel's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vespasien Price read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 36th minute of play. A collision led to Manouane getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Mac Hanna hit a great ball. In the 44th minute, Esteban Tolbert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 47 played minutes Manouane got a freekick which was hit by Dong Paquet. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

After having played for 52 minutes, Carter Rouse managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Manouane's supporters crossed their fingers, but Carter Rouse was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, Manouane's Hipolito Gibbs got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Florian Neff hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice moves Jeremiah Huang could shoot a difficult shot in the 65th minute, which Karl Ladner however easily saved by the left post. In the 65th minute, Watino AFC's Jeremiah Huang dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-3. 69 minutes into the match, Manouane's Dennis Michel sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vespasien Price narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Jeremiah Huang had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hipolito Gibbs kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Jeremiah Huang sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Manouane's Dennis Michel got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Vespasien Price showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carter Rouse in the 89th minute of the match. In the 92nd minute Hipolito Gibbs shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vespasien Price saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Carter Rouse fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vespasien Price having to interfere. Jeremiah Huang received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Karl Ladner tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Watino AFC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.