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Konoha Fortress
Spectators: 7089 (Terracing: 5989, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 100) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Everett Kinsey got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Stan Johnson got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 5 minutes into the match, Everett Kinsey had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jasmine Soekirno. The Lebo Tigers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Everett Kinsey was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Tom Death received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Carl Krause tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Raymond Paddle came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the The Lebo Tigers fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Raymond Paddle couldn't finish the play. Fleming Diefenbach's late challenge caught a Kainton's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fleming Diefenbach helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to The Lebo Tigers getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Fleming Diefenbach hit a great ball. Jasmine Soekirno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stan Johnson in the 18th minute of the match. Raymond Paddle sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet as The Lebo Tigers's Tom Death slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Carl Krause. That made the score 1-1 after 21 minutes of play. In the 24th match minute, The Lebo Tigers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fleming Diefenbach to maneuver through the defense. 29 minutes into the game, Everett Kinsey cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Jasmine Soekirno was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Carl Krause was out of position in the 33 minute of play, and Tom Death capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tom Death really showed his touch with that goal: 2-2. Jasmine Soekirno made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stan Johnson in the 36th minute of play. 40 minutes into the game, Benjy Porteus was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kainton's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave The Lebo Tigers the free kick. In the 40th match minute, Kainton was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benjy Porteus to maneuver through the defense. If Stan Johnson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 2-2 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tom Death to make the kick off. If Everett Kinsey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Benjy Porteus had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 63 minutes into the match, The Lebo Tigers's goalkeeper Jasmine Soekirno had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Stan Johnson. If Stan Johnson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 68th minute, Tom Death made a precise shot to the right of Carl Krause. Kainton's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. Everett Kinsey took the ball and in the 73 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jasmine Soekirno. Jasmine Soekirno dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-3. In the 76th minute Everett Kinsey shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jasmine Soekirno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Stan Johnson got free with Jasmine Soekirno in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jasmine Soekirno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Everett Kinsey in the 85th minute of the match. Ike Millar kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Stan Johnson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kainton were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.