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Urbana Garden Park
Spectators: 8094 (Terracing: 6072, Seating: 1861, VIP seats: 161) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Santiago Gillespie took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Longview Heights getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Simon Patten hit a great ball. Danilo Maranhense recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 17 minutes into the match, Illinois Bluewaters's Danilo Maranhense sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bronson Fitzgerald narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When 冯永宽 came up free with the goalie in the 22nd 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. In the 22nd minute, Wendell Rooney hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 冯永宽 recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 28th minute, 冯永宽 reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Bronson Fitzgerald. The goal made the score 1-0. When Lewis Whitmore fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Illinois Bluewaters's protests and gave Lewis Whitmore a yellow card for diving instead. After 30 played minutes Illinois Bluewaters got a freekick which was hit by Lewis Whitmore. In the 31st minute of the match Santiago Gillespie shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Roger Myles showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. With a little luck, Longview Heights's Bronson Fitzgerald got control of the ball when Danilo Maranhense tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 35th minute, Danilo Maranhense ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bronson Fitzgerald was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Danilo Maranhense fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bronson Fitzgerald having to interfere. In the 44th minute, Clayton Vazquez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roger Myles was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. 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 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Danilo Maranhense to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, 冯永宽 notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Longview Heights's Bronson Fitzgerald. Bronson Fitzgerald was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bronson Fitzgerald made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Danilo Maranhense in the 58th minute of play. 冯永宽 blasted a shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Bronson Fitzgerald having to make a save. In the 61st minute 冯永宽 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bronson Fitzgerald saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 69 minutes of play, Illinois Bluewaters's Danilo Maranhense made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bronson Fitzgerald was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 74 played minutes Illinois Bluewaters got a freekick which was hit by Şeray Gürgen. An unexpectedly hard shot by Clayton Vazquez in the 76th minute of play forced Illinois Bluewaters's goalkeeper Roger Myles to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, 冯永宽 managed to get in a good position for a shot. Illinois Bluewaters's supporters rose to their feet, but 冯永宽 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bronson Fitzgerald breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Illinois Bluewaters's 冯永宽 got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Danilo Maranhense came up free with the goalie in the 82nd 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 Danilo Maranhense couldn't finish the play. If 冯永宽 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Danilo Maranhense fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bronson Fitzgerald having to interfere. Şeray Gürgen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Bronson Fitzgerald tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Clayton Vazquez struck a weak shot in the 89th minute. Roger Myles didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Longview Heights. Roger Myles stood somewhat misplaced when Clayton Vazquez came free in front of goal and shot 5-2 to the left of him in the 91 minute. A collision led to Longview Heights getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Jack Baggett hit a great ball. Illinois Bluewaters's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.