League

Santiago Bernabeu
Spectators: 7524 (Terracing: 5644, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Emmitt Booth made the kick off which started today's match. A hard shot 4 in the game by Young Herring from a close distance when the talented J.C. Mendoza managed to make a qualified save. Conneaut's players were relieved. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rene Carpenter during the 7th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Conneaut's Korey Vincent got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Korey Vincent in the 17th minute of play forced REAL MADRID CF's goalkeeper Sid Osborne to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Young Herring got free with J.C. Mendoza in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Isidro Stoddard fell near the penalty area in the 25th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored REAL MADRID CF's protests and gave Isidro Stoddard a yellow card for diving instead. After 25 played minutes REAL MADRID CF got a freekick which was hit by Isidro Stoddard. If Korey Vincent had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. REAL MADRID CF's Sid Osborne played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emmitt Booth in the 32nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, REAL MADRID CF's Stanton Engle got a free kick in the 33rd minute. After a rather tough play, Conneaut's Clay Koenig got a free kick in the 35th minute. After 39 minutes, Justin Walsh mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Conneaut and the REAL MADRID CF players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Conneaut's Justin Walsh got a free kick in the 39th minute. After 40 played minutes REAL MADRID CF got a freekick which was hit by Isidro Stoddard. In the 43rd minute, Korey Vincent left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Conneaut fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 47 minutes into the match, REAL MADRID CF's goal looked a bit too open when Korey Vincent came free, but Sid Osborne reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Young Herring stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With his leg Sid Osborne managed to avoid a goal in the 51stth minute, when Conneaut's Justin Walsh fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Korey Vincent could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Sid Osborne made a huge save. Sid Osborne showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emmitt Booth, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. 65 minutes into the match, REAL MADRID CF's goalkeeper Sid Osborne had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Korey Vincent. Parker Schaffer shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. In the 75th minute, REAL MADRID CF's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Emmitt Booth fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 78th minute of the match Parker Schaffer sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Sid Osborne skillfully saved the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Young Herring in the 79th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck J.C. Mendoza prevented the ball from getting in the gole. REAL MADRID CF's Sid Osborne played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emmitt Booth in the 80th minute of play. Isidro Stoddard fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without J.C. Mendoza having to interfere. Korey Vincent took the ball and in the 86 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sid Osborne. Sid Osborne dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. When Vance Stanley was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 98 minutes had been played. After a rather tough play, REAL MADRID CF's Vance Stanley got a free kick in the 98th minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Conneaut eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.