Friendly League

Tollesbury
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Tollesbury's Ndidi Ikani started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Langston Eziaghighala in the 3rd minute of play forced Tarraginnie's goalkeeper Sabastian Mackney to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ndidi Ikani struck a weak shot in the 4th minute. Sabastian Mackney didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tollesbury. Sabastian Mackney made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ndidi Ikani in the 14th minute. In the 15th minute, Nkadi Akinrolabu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 16th minute, Brendon Thorne sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Tollesbury's Manasseh Adejuyigbe didn't even have to move. An unexpectedly hard shot by Langston Eziaghighala in the 18th minute of play forced Tarraginnie's goalkeeper Sabastian Mackney to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Langston Eziaghighala succeeded in the game's 21st minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. 24 minutes into the match, Tollesbury's goal looked a bit too open when Adolph Lewry came free, but Manasseh Adejuyigbe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ndidi Ikani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sabastian Mackney having to interfere. In the 28th minute Raymond Lester shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manasseh Adejuyigbe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Tarraginnie's Raymond Lester got a free kick in the 29th minute. With his leg Sabastian Mackney managed to avoid a goal in the 30thth minute, when Tollesbury's Ndidi Ikani fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Raymond Lester kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. 41 minutes into the match, Bryan Swan notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Tollesbury's Manasseh Adejuyigbe. Manasseh Adejuyigbe was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bryan Swan stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Langston Eziaghighala's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sabastian Mackney was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. Ndidi Ikani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bryan Swan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manasseh Adejuyigbe having to interfere. Bryan Swan received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Manasseh Adejuyigbe came out and tried to block the shot, but Bryan Swan slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 62nd minute. Ndidi Ikani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 73 played minutes Tollesbury got a freekick which was hit by Nkadi Akinrolabu. Brendon Thorne's late challenge caught a Tollesbury's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Brendon Thorne helped the player get up and apologised. After 81 played minutes Tarraginnie got a freekick which was hit by Brendon Thorne. Tollesbury's Manasseh Adejuyigbe proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save Tollesbury from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Langston Eziaghighala in the 92nd minute of play forced Tarraginnie's goalkeeper Sabastian Mackney to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Langston Eziaghighala in the 93rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sabastian Mackney saved Tarraginnie from getting behind. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Tarraginnie walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.