League

Arborial Park
Spectators: 9225 (Terracing: 6920, Seating: 2122, VIP seats: 183) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lucas Navarro made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the match, ForestFire's goal looked a bit too open when Jiang Yuan came free, but Shaki Conn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Elton Brewster charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Elton Brewster the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Inmortales FC's Orville Jacobson was substituted for Sebastian Mott. Elton Brewster kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. If Jiang Yuan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jiang Yuan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ben Gilliam could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Cyprian Tipinski made a huge save. After a defensive mix-up in ForestFire's zone, Darnell Joyce stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Shaki Conn came out of the goal and Darnell Joyce tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a little luck, Inmortales FC's Cyprian Tipinski got control of the ball when Tracy Shah tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 32nd minute, Tracy Shah made a precise shot to the right of Cyprian Tipinski. Inmortales FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. In the 36th match minute, Inmortales FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andrew Reilly to maneuver through the defense. In the 41st minute, Jiang Yuan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Inmortales FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. After 46 played minutes ForestFire got a freekick which was hit by Elton Brewster. The ForestFire players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Inmortales FC were winning 1-2.

If Willy Webster had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jiang Yuan got free with Shaki Conn in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. ForestFire's Shaki Conn proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save ForestFire from getting a goal against them. After 71 minutes of play, Inmortales FC's Jiang Yuan made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Shaki Conn was left in no man's land by his defense there! Shaki Conn made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Jiang Yuan sent off a good shot on target. 78 minutes in the game, Orville Jacobson fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Shaki Conn having to interfere. Inmortales FC's Jeffrey Cortez was substituted for Jiang Yuan. 82 minutes into the game, Ben Gilliam was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ForestFire's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Inmortales FC the free kick. In the 83rd minute, Ben Gilliam hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ForestFire's Shaki Conn proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save ForestFire from getting a goal against them. Inmortales FC's Cyprian Tipinski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lucas Navarro in the 87th minute of play. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see ForestFire lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.