Hurst Green
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36,
Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Adah Keter made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to Hurst Green getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Victor Dadi hit a great ball. In the 5th minute, Eero Grönholm ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Peter Nyamau was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Hurst Green's Peter Nyamau played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tzanko Chorbev in the 9th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in FC Grivata's zone, Antony Asati stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Thomas Sørensen came out of the goal and Antony Asati tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 13 minutes into the match, McDonald Leakey notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of FC Grivata's Thomas Sørensen. Thomas Sørensen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 17th minute of the match, Martin Chege tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Thomas Sørensen saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 19th minute Antonio Dino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Peter Nyamau saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of FC Grivata booed when Hurst Green was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bwana Kamathi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hurst Green's Peter Nyamau played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tzanko Chorbev in the 29th minute of play. 33 minutes into the match, FC Grivata's goal looked a bit too open when Antony Asati came free, but Thomas Sørensen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Martin Chege sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eero Grönholm scored 1-2 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Peter Nyamau, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Thomas Sørensen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin Chege, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Thomas Sørensen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Chege in the 44th minute of play. After a rather tough play, FC Grivata's Tzanko Chorbev got a free kick in the 45th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Chege in the 47th minute of play forced FC Grivata's goalkeeper Thomas Sørensen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eero Grönholm to make the kick off. Peter Nyamau took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Trendafil Tashevski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thomas Sørensen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antony Asati, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 55th minute McDonald Leakey shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thomas Sørensen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Grivata's Slavey Kozovski slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Peter Nyamau. That made the score 1-3 after 57 minutes of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Slavey Kozovski kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Peter Nyamau. That made the score 1-4 in the 60 minute of play. 63 minutes into the match, FC Grivata's goal looked a bit too open when Antony Asati came free, but Thomas Sørensen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 64th minute, McDonald Leakey ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Thomas Sørensen was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. Thomas Sørensen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bwana Kamathi, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Slavey Kozovski in the 75th minute of play forced Hurst Green's goalkeeper Peter Nyamau to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Peter Nyamau made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Eero Grönholm sent off a good shot on target. 85 minutes into the match, FC Grivata's goal looked a bit too open when Adah Keter came free, but Thomas Sørensen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by McDonald Leakey in the 89th minute of play forced FC Grivata's goalkeeper Thomas Sørensen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 90th minute Martin Chege shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thomas Sørensen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Peter Nyamau was out of position in the 93 minute of play, and Antonio Dino capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Antonio Dino really showed his touch with that goal: 3-5. When the match was over FC Grivata could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Hurst Green throughout the match.
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