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ESTADIO MONUMENTAL
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Derek Grant got the match started through his kick off. Tuan Napier made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rocco Glover in the 4th minute. After a rather tough play, TIKI TAKA FC's Jamel Camacho got a free kick in the 4th minute. Brice Brunson hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Rocco Glover could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Tuan Napier made a huge save. Mitchell Bartley charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mitchell Bartley the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to TIKI TAKA FC getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Mitchell Bartley hit a great ball. In the 19th minute, Effingham's Sandy Coffman seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Sandy Coffman the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Effingham protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Sandy Coffman had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 19th minute, one of Effingham:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Effingham. Rocco Glover fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tuan Napier having to interfere. Effingham's Tuan Napier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mitchell Bartley in the 29th minute of play. With a little luck, Effingham's Tuan Napier got control of the ball when Rocco Glover tried to sneak it across the goal line. With an all-out effort, TIKI TAKA FC's Tuan Napier threw himself towards the right post 31 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Mitchell Bartley, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Felipe Plummer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dylan Lott, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. In the 42nd minute, Rocco Glover ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tuan Napier was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dylan Lott was the one to do the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rocco Glover in the 52nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tuan Napier saved Effingham from getting behind. Effingham's Tuan Napier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Derek Grant in the 57th minute of play. In the 60th minute Dylan Lott shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Felipe Plummer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dylan Lott received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Felipe Plummer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tuan Napier made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Derek Grant in the 66th minute of play. Effingham's Tuan Napier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rocco Glover in the 67th minute of play. In the 68th minute Derek Grant shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tuan Napier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 70 minutes, Rocco Glover managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. TIKI TAKA FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rocco Glover was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 71 minutes into the game, Jamel Camacho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Tuan Napier was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Dylan Lott was extremely unlucky when he, in the 76th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. A collision led to Effingham getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Bruce Burnham hit a great ball. Tuan Napier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rocco Glover, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Effingham's Tuan Napier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carl Humphries in the 87th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Rocco Glover's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tuan Napier was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. Tuan Napier made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rocco Glover in the 90th minute of play. Tuan Napier showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mitchell Bartley, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. After a rather tough play, Effingham's Bruce Burnham got a free kick in the 92nd minute. Tuan Napier came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by TIKI TAKA FC's Jamel Camacho. But to his dismay, Jamel Camacho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. TIKI TAKA FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Effingham for a fine match.