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Wareek
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zackery Gillingwater kicked off to start the match. In the 5th minute, one of Collaroy:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Collaroy. Ryan Leydin shot the penalty kick right outside the post. Zackery Gillingwater sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Collaroy's Cullen Royans proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Collaroy from getting a goal against them. Jonathan Pinal came out of the goal in the 14th minute to try and stop a shot by Collaroy's Myles Mcmanamny. But to his dismay, Myles Mcmanamny quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. If Zackery Gillingwater had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 23 minutes, Ronald Moran mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Wareek and the Collaroy players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 23rd minute, Ronald Moran hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 27th minute, Darley Jeffress ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonathan Pinal was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. The crowd rose to their feet as Wareek's Ronald Moran slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Cullen Royans. That made the score 1-2 after 30 minutes of play. 34 minutes into the match, Wareek's goal looked a bit too open when Darley Jeffress came free, but Jonathan Pinal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Darley Jeffress in the 38th minute of play forced Wareek's goalkeeper Jonathan Pinal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the match, Collaroy's Darley Jeffress sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jonathan Pinal narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 43 minutes into the game, Myles Mcmanamny was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Collaroy's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Wareek the free kick. After 43 played minutes Collaroy got a freekick which was hit by Myles Mcmanamny. Darley Jeffress sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Myles Mcmanamny was the one to do the kick off. Lewis Rose fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cullen Royans having to interfere. Elliot Ross kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Cullen Royans showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lewis Rose in the 58th minute of the match. In the 63rdth minute of the game Lewis Rose who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Collaroy's Cullen Royans was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cullen Royans made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lewis Rose in the 64th minute of play. In the 68th minute, Darley Jeffress 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. After 70 played minutes Myles Mcmanamny rounded Wareek's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-3. In the 75th minute Lewis Rose shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cullen Royans saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Collaroy getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Ace Orvad hit a great ball. In the 81st match minute, Wareek was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jordon Stockwin to maneuver through the defense. Elliot Ross received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Jonathan Pinal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Darley Jeffress got free with Jonathan Pinal in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Wareek's Lewis Rose got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Collaroy eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.