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Yellow Springs1860
Spectators: 8517 (Terracing: 6388, Seating: 1959, VIP seats: 170) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Norbert Gomolka started the match with the kick off. Rachid Matoub received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. 何弘锋 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stefanos Vasiliou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Stefanos Vasiliou did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Luis Islas 7 minutes into the match. In the 11th minute, Yellow Springs1860's Yohann Bricout ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Luis Islas. Luis Islas yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. In the 23rdth minute of the game Stefanos Vasiliou who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but West Bradenton's Luis Islas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Stefanos Vasiliou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luis Islas having to interfere. Luis Islas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stefanos Vasiliou's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yohann Bricout got free with Luis Islas in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Stefanos Vasiliou in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Luis Islas saved West Bradenton from getting behind. 35 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Yellow Springs1860's Stefanos Vasiliou fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rachid Matoub in the 41st minute of play forced Yellow Springs1860's goalkeeper 何弘锋 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 45th minute Stefanos Vasiliou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luis Islas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Stefanos Vasiliou stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 55 played minutes Yellow Springs1860 got a freekick which was hit by Yazid Zidane. Abd el Cherrad could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but 何弘锋 made a huge save. Norbert Gomolka who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 58thth minute tested the skills of 何弘锋 when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Rachid Matoub fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 何弘锋 having to interfere. In the 66thth minute of the game Stefanos Vasiliou who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but West Bradenton's Luis Islas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a little luck, Yellow Springs1860's 何弘锋 got control of the ball when Norbert Gomolka tried to sneak it across the goal line. 70 minutes into the game, Stefanos Vasiliou cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Luis Islas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 79 minutes into the match, West Bradenton's goal looked a bit too open when Stefanos Vasiliou came free, but Luis Islas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stefanos Vasiliou took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luis Islas. Luis Islas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. West Bradenton's Luis Islas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stefanos Vasiliou in the 83rd minute of play. Luis Islas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stefanos Vasiliou, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 90th minute, Nabil Zerguelaine hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Stefanos Vasiliou's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luis Islas was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. After 93 minutes, Yazid Zidane mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Yellow Springs1860 and the West Bradenton players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 93 played minutes Yellow Springs1860 got a freekick which was hit by Yazid Zidane. Thanks to some nice moves Norbert Gomolka could shoot a difficult shot in the 95th minute, which 何弘锋 however easily saved by the left post. Yellow Springs1860 walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.