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Spectators: 8180 (Terracing: 6137, Seating: 1881, VIP seats: 162) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jasper McCormick started the match with the kick off. New England Minas's Kasey Countess played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jasper McCormick in the 5th minute of play. Leonardo Browning took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Terrence McAllister, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 9 minutes of play, New England Minas's Terrence McAllister made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leonardo Browning was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a defensive mix-up in New England Minas's zone, Jasper McCormick stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kasey Countess came out of the goal and Jasper McCormick tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kasey Countess stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jasper McCormick's shot from short distance in the 15th minute. The audience was convinced that Jasper McCormick's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kasey Countess was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. In the 18th minute of the match Red Hill FC got a corner. New England Minas's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Rocky Squires ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 29th minute Rocky Squires shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kasey Countess saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to New England Minas getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Vernon Kinney hit a great ball. Rocky Squires took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 31st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Kasey Countess. New England Minas's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. When Red Hill FC's Jasper McCormick in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye New England Minas's goalie prevented a goal. Kasey Countess showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jasper McCormick, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. In the 35thth minute of the game Jasper McCormick who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but New England Minas's Kasey Countess was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Kasey Countess showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jasper McCormick, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 38th minute of the game. One of New England Minas:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Red Hill FC:s goal. In the 42nd minute, Jasper McCormick 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. 43 minutes into the match, New England Minas's goal looked a bit too open when Jasper McCormick came free, but Kasey Countess reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jasper McCormick in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kasey Countess saved New England Minas from getting behind. Leonardo Browning made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Terrence McAllister in the 47th minute of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Terrence McAllister to make the kick off. Anthony Faturrahman's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Leonardo Browning read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 52nd minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jasper McCormick in the 54th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kasey Countess prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 57 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Red Hill FC's Lloyd Castillo fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Jasper McCormick put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Kasey Countess. Jasper McCormick did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-4 to the left of a surprised Kasey Countess 62 minutes into the match. Kasey Countess stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jasper McCormick's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. Leonardo Browning came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by New England Minas's Nikitas Papaiakovou. But to his dismay, Nikitas Papaiakovou quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-4. In the 68th minute, Jasper McCormick 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. After a rather tough play, Red Hill FC's Rocky Squires got a free kick in the 69th minute. In the 72nd minute, Anthony Faturrahman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Leonardo Browning was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-4. Joaquin Spears blasted a shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Kasey Countess having to make a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jasper McCormick got free with Kasey Countess in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucio Hermon in the 79th minute of play forced New England Minas's goalkeeper Kasey Countess to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leonardo Browning didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when New England Minas's Terrence McAllister shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-4 in the ordered_time% minute. New England Minas's Kasey Countess played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jasper McCormick in the 83rd minute of play. Kasey Countess showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucio Hermon in the 84th minute of the match. Kasey Countess showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jasper McCormick, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Nikitas Papaiakovou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Leonardo Browning tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Leonardo Browning took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Terrence McAllister, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jasper McCormick in the 96th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kasey Countess prevented the ball from getting in the gole.