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Spectators: 7534 (Terracing: 5652, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) The corner led O.T.E's Özen Baroğlu to fire away a dangerous shot which Luke Bush despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After a rather tough play, T H F C's Ronan Sugden got a free kick in the 13th minute. After 14 played minutes T H F C got a freekick which was hit by Donny Beckwith. T H F C's Luke Bush proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save T H F C from getting a goal against them. Javier García showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronan Sugden in the 17th minute of the match. 21 minutes into the match, O.T.E's goal looked a bit too open when Franz Midgley came free, but Javier García reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matt Friend in the 22nd minute of play forced O.T.E's goalkeeper Javier García to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 23 minutes into the match, T H F C's goalkeeper Luke Bush had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Özen Baroğlu. In the 26th minute of the match, Özen Baroğlu tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Luke Bush saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. When Aaron Hargraves fell near the penalty area in the 28th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored T H F C's protests and gave Aaron Hargraves a yellow card for diving instead. Aaron Hargraves kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Javier García didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Matt Friend went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Javier García showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franz Midgley in the 34th minute of the match. 34 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when T H F C's Franz Midgley fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Ermis Panakakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 39thth minute of the game Fotis Papadimas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but T H F C's Luke Bush was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 41 played minutes O.T.E got a freekick which was hit by Lin Quan Hai. 46 minutes into the match, Donny Beckwith had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Javier García. O.T.E's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Donny Beckwith was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

T H F C's Shawn Coulson was substituted for Donny Beckwith. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Franz Midgley to strike the kick off in the second half. Luke Bush showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Özen Baroğlu, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Javier García took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matt Friend, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. O.T.E's Javier García played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matt Friend in the 56th minute of play. Matt Friends short, quick shot in the 57thth minute got Javier García to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Franz Midgley sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, O.T.E's Javier García got control of the ball when Franz Midgley tried to sneak it across the goal line. Javier García took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shawn Coulson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luke Bush made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Özen Baroğlu in the 67th minute of play. Javier García made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Franz Midgley in the 70th minute of play. Javier García took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Franz Midgley, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Matt Friend could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Javier García made a huge save. Javier García showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronan Sugden in the 78th minute of the match. Özen Baroğlu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luke Bush having to interfere. T H F C's Rowan Tyler was substituted for Matt Friend. O.T.E's Javier García played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Franz Midgley in the 84th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Franz Midgley's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Javier García was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Rowan Tyler could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Javier García made a huge save. Javier García stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Franz Midgley's shot from short distance in the 90th minute. In the 92nd minute, Thrasivoulos Stamatis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as T H F C's Franz Midgley slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Javier García. That made the score 0-3 after 96 minutes of play. T H F C's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.