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Tidehead
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vicente Carey took the kick off in the first half of the match. Jeremias Rios succeeded in the game's 7th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. After 10 minutes, Hilario Talbot mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bilby and the Tidehead players grew even worse after the yellow card. Hilario Talbot hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Rodrick Sargent took the ball and in the 13 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Otto Varner. Otto Varner dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jeremias Rios in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Otto Varner prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Otto Varner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jeremias Rios in the 31st minute of play. 34 minutes into the game, Lu Sen Ting was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tidehead's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Bilby the free kick. A collision led to Tidehead getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Lu Sen Ting hit a great ball. In the 39th minute, Hilario Talbot hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 48 minutes into the game, Josiah Grant was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bilby's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tidehead the free kick. The supporters of Tidehead booed when Bilby was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 48 match minutes in a wonderful position. Josiah Grant didn't get a good kick on the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Jeremias Rios made the kick off in the second half. Vicente Carey's late challenge caught a Tidehead's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vicente Carey helped the player get up and apologised. In the 54thth minute of the game Lu Sen Ting who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bilby's Otto Varner was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 60th match minute, Tidehead was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Preston Rich to maneuver through the defense. After 68 minutes of play, Tidehead's Jeremias Rios made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Otto Varner was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Lu Sen Ting came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the Tidehead 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 Lu Sen Ting couldn't finish the play. In the 72nd minute Jeremias Rios shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Otto Varner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kieth McCormick kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. Otto Varner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lu Sen Ting in the 76th minute of play. During the 77th minute of the match Josiah Grant completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Josiah Grant a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 77th minute, Josiah Grant hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Jeremias Rios came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Tidehead 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 Jeremias Rios couldn't finish the play. Corozo Toranzo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 89th minute, Charlie Pitts 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. In the 90th minute, Lu Sen Ting made a precise shot to the right of Otto Varner. Bilby's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-0. 95 minutes into the game, Taylor Déziel was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bilby's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tidehead the free kick. Taylor Déziel hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Tidehead had played much better football throughout.