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Baskin Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cruz Brunson started the match with the kick off. After 8 minutes, D.J. Eastman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Akatsuki FC and the Baskin players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Akatsuki FC's D.J. Eastman got a free kick in the 8th minute. In the 11th minute, Marcos Bragg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cruz Brunson in the 14th minute of play forced Akatsuki FC's goalkeeper Teodoro Reese to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cruz Brunson got free with Teodoro Reese in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cruz Brunson in the 16th minute of play forced Akatsuki FC's goalkeeper Teodoro Reese to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th minute, Francesco Sheppard 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. Caleb Fraser hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Douglas Pugh managed to get in a good position for a shot. Akatsuki FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Douglas Pugh was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gregory Hess breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of Akatsuki FC booed when Baskin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cody Barlow didn't get a good kick on the ball. Reyes Shaffer hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. Neal Cronin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Teodoro Reese came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by Baskin's Neal Cronin. But to his dismay, Neal Cronin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Neal Cronin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Neal Cronin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Francesco Sheppard made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Neal Cronin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Teodoro Reese saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Antoine Lehman during the 56th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 56 played minutes Akatsuki FC got a freekick which was hit by Antoine Lehman. Gregory Hess made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Douglas Pugh sent off a good shot on target. The Baskin fans' excitement grew in the 61st match minute when Baskin's Neal Cronin looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Antoine Lehman got his second yellow card in the match during the 64th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After a rather tough play, Akatsuki FC's Antoine Lehman got a free kick in the 65th minute. Teodoro Reese showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Neal Cronin in the 66th minute of the match. After 67 minutes, Francesco Sheppard mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Akatsuki FC and the Baskin players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Baskin's Elias Eckert got a free kick in the 71st minute. Baskin's Neal Cronin got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Douglas Pugh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 83rd minute, Douglas Pugh made a precise shot to the right of Gregory Hess. Baskin's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Cruz Brunson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Teodoro Reese didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Neal Cronin went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. For all the effort they put into the match, the Akatsuki FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Baskin.