The Clapham Oval
Spectators: 7524 (Terracing: 5644,
Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cléberson Mendonça got the match started through his kick off. 2 minutes into the game, Cléberson Mendonça was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Clapham Rovers's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Jedi Knights the free kick. Ennio Orsini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Feliberto Frederico, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. 7 minutes into the match, Clapham Rovers's goal looked a bit too open when Robustiano Guillem came free, but Ennio Orsini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 10th minute Robustiano Guillem shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ennio Orsini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 12th minute, Feliberto Frederico left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Jedi Knights fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Joel Bento put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Ennio Orsini. Ennio Orsini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robustiano Guillem in the 18th minute of the match. 22 minutes had been played when some careless play by Clapham Rovers's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Baldomiro Tolino was slow to take the kick. During this time Jedi Knights's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Baldomiro Tolino almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Clapham Rovers's Ennio Orsini did a great save. After a rather tough play, Clapham Rovers's João Francisco Toscano got a free kick in the 23rd minute. In the 24th minute Robustiano Guillem shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ennio Orsini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 31st minute, Clapham Rovers's Cléberson Mendonça ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind David Abeijon. David Abeijon yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robustiano Guillem in the 33rd minute of play forced Clapham Rovers's goalkeeper Ennio Orsini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 36th match minute, Clapham Rovers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Justino Arixo to maneuver through the defense. Ennio Orsini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Bento in the 38th minute of the match. Ennio Orsini stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Robustiano Guillem's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. David Abeijon didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 41st minute, which inside left pole to 2-2. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Bento to make the kick off. David Abeijon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from João Francisco Toscano, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joel Bento in the 55th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ennio Orsini saved Clapham Rovers from getting behind. Robustiano Guillem could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Ennio Orsini made a huge save. 59 minutes into the match, Jedi Knights's goal looked a bit too open when João Francisco Toscano came free, but David Abeijon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ennio Orsini made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Robustiano Guillem sent off a good shot on target. Ennio Orsini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Bento in the 65th minute of the match. Clapham Rovers's Ennio Orsini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Bento in the 69th minute of play. 72 minutes into the game, Kasey Griggs was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Clapham Rovers's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Jedi Knights the free kick. After 72 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Clapham Rovers! In a very dangerous position, a player in Jedi Knights fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 75th minute. Penalty! Ennio Orsini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rafael Ferran in the 83rd minute of play. Robustiano Guillem received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ennio Orsini came out and tried to block the shot, but Robustiano Guillem slotted it home off the left post making it 2-3 in the 84th minute. Clapham Rovers made a substitution. Damien Quinn replaced Alex Gibson. In the 94th match minute, Clapham Rovers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kasey Griggs to maneuver through the defense. Joel Bento sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.
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