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Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Diego De La Vega kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Belotaurus FC getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Joel Vianna hit a great ball. Richard Butler charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Richard Butler the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 4th match minute, Elizabeth Three Lions FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Richard Butler to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Diego De La Vega's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jesus Satordi was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. Fanis Geronimidis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ed Moore went, in the 8th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 10th minute, Diego De La Vega reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jesus Satordi. The goal made the score 1-1. In the 13th minute Richard Scholten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fanis Geronimidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jesus Satordi was a little too slow when Silviu Novac got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 16th minute. The score was now 2-1. In the 25th minute of the match, Doni Cordeiro got a very nice opportunity to score, but Jesus Satordi was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Belotaurus FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Erivaldo Perez in the 26th minute. 29 minutes into the match, Belotaurus FC's goal looked a bit too open when Richard Scholten came free, but Fanis Geronimidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Elizabeth Three Lions FC booed when Belotaurus FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Erivaldo Perez didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fanis Geronimidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Richard Scholten in the 31st minute of play. Cvetin Luković kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Elizabeth Three Lions FC's Jesus Satordi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Elizabeth Three Lions FC from getting a goal against them. Belotaurus FC's Fanis Geronimidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ed Moore in the 39th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Elizabeth Three Lions FC's Ed Moore got a free kick in the 40th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Belotaurus FC's zone, Richard Scholten stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fanis Geronimidis came out of the goal and Richard Scholten tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 47th match minute, Belotaurus FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego De La Vega to maneuver through the defense. Diego De La Vega hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

Fanis Geronimidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ed Moore in the 55th minute of play. Belotaurus FC's Fanis Geronimidis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save Belotaurus FC from getting a goal against them. Jesus Satordi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Diego De La Vega, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Richard Scholten in the 63rd minute of play forced Belotaurus FC's goalkeeper Fanis Geronimidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 63 minutes into the game, Richard Scholten lined in a short shot 2-2 behind a frustrated Fanis Geronimidis. In the 67th minute, Diego De La Vega made a precise shot to the right of Jesus Satordi. Elizabeth Three Lions FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. Jesus Satordi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego De La Vega in the 70th minute of the match. Jesus Satordi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erivaldo Perez in the 73rd minute of the match. Erivaldo Perez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jesus Satordi having to interfere. Diego De La Vega fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jesus Satordi having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Diego De La Vega's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jesus Satordi was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. Jesus Satordi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Doni Cordeiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Michail Antonio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Fanis Geronimidis made a huge save. In the 92nd minute, Diego De La Vega made a precise shot to the right of Jesus Satordi. Elizabeth Three Lions FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-2. Elizabeth Three Lions FC's Jesus Satordi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego De La Vega in the 95th minute of play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Belotaurus FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Elizabeth Three Lions FC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.