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Baralty
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Barhart Beckett started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd match minute, Maradona was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thom McLaughlin to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Maradona getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Donn McPhilip hit a great ball. Braoin Mullan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brak McJohnny in the 9th minute of the match. Brak McJohnny sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 17th match minute, Maradona was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Booak Benson to maneuver through the defense. Booak Benson's late challenge caught a Baralty's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Booak Benson helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Maradona getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Booak Benson hit a great ball. A collision led to Baralty getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Barhart Beckett hit a great ball. Donn McPhilip fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Braoin Mullan having to interfere. In the 27th minute, Donn McPhilip 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. Baird Walker's late challenge caught a Maradona's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Baird Walker helped the player get up and apologised. In the 28th match minute, Baralty was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Baird Walker to maneuver through the defense. Barhart Beckett's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Bradner Scully read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 33rd minute of play. Baird Walker struck a weak shot in the 38th minute. Bradner Scully didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Baralty. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Brak McJohnny was the one to do the kick off. After having played for 52 minutes, Donn McPhilip managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Maradona's supporters crossed their fingers, but Donn McPhilip was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 59th match minute, Maradona was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Brak McJohnny to maneuver through the defense. Flann Hughes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Baird Walker received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Bradner Scully tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Barhart Beckett sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 82nd minute, Brak McJohnny reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Braoin Mullan. The goal made the score 0-1. Baird Walker was shown his second yellow card after 85 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. During the 92nd minute of the match Booak Benson completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Booak Benson a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After 92 played minutes Maradona got a freekick which was hit by Booak Benson. During the 93rd minute of the match Júlio Cruz completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Júlio Cruz a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Barney McVictor sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Maradona's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.