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South Venice
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) South Venice's Colin Stroh started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Hunter Pierre made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 冯永宽 in the 3rd minute of play. When the match clock showed 3 minutes, the score became 0-1 when 冯永宽 sped through South Venice's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Hunter Pierre. Colin Stroh kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. Danilo Maranhense fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hunter Pierre having to interfere. Hunter Pierre made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Şeray Gürgen in the 19th minute of play. Jonas Rhodes hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. When 冯永宽 came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Illinois Bluewaters fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that 冯永宽 couldn't finish the play. After having played for 22 minutes, Danilo Maranhense managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Illinois Bluewaters's supporters crossed their fingers, but Danilo Maranhense was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 冯永宽 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Hunter Pierre tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 26 minutes into the match, 冯永宽 notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of South Venice's Hunter Pierre. Hunter Pierre was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Danilo Maranhense had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hunter Pierre took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 冯永宽, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Danilo Maranhense fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hunter Pierre having to interfere. Hunter Pierre didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Illinois Bluewaters's Danilo Maranhense shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. Jonas Rhodes's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Roger Myles firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 42nd minute, Danilo Maranhense 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. South Venice's Hunter Pierre played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Danilo Maranhense in the 48th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Danilo Maranhense to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute Illinois Bluewaters were awarded a corner. 冯永宽 went to the cornerflag to take it. Roger Myles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Colin Stroh in the 59th minute of the match. With his leg Hunter Pierre managed to avoid a goal in the 64thth minute, when Illinois Bluewaters's Güneş İltemur fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind South Venice's goalkeeper Hunter Pierre, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 68 played minutes South Venice got a freekick which was hit by Nicky Gilliam. Hunter Pierre stood somewhat misplaced when Danilo Maranhense came free in front of goal and shot 0-5 to the left of him in the 70 minute. After having played for 74 minutes, Colin Stroh managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. South Venice's supporters crossed their fingers, but Colin Stroh was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 78th minute Colin Stroh shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roger Myles saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Danilo Maranhense fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hunter Pierre having to interfere. Alonzo Beatty charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alonzo Beatty the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Alonzo Beatty kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Illinois Bluewaters's Güneş İltemur got a free kick in the 85th minute. In the 86th minute, Lewis Whitmore hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hunter Pierre showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 冯永宽 in the 92nd minute of the match. With his leg Hunter Pierre managed to avoid a goal in the 93rdth minute, when Illinois Bluewaters's Danilo Maranhense fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The South Venice fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Illinois Bluewaters were clearly better and deserved to take the win.