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Shizuru Kuwabara ST
Spectators: 7953 (Terracing: 5966, Seating: 1829, VIP seats: 158) Bronson Alvarez made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 3rd minute, REFTS's Domenico Cardoso ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Thurman Crockett. Thurman Crockett yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Edgar Malloy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Alec Mann tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Edgar Malloy came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the TOSSTER FC 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 Edgar Malloy couldn't finish the play. Edgar Malloy took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alec Mann. Alec Mann dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. After having played for 17 minutes, Edgar Malloy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. TOSSTER FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edgar Malloy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Thurman Crockett made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Emilio Justice sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Domenico Cardoso in the 24th minute of play forced TOSSTER FC's goalkeeper Thurman Crockett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute, Bryan Dickinson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The REFTS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Emilio Justice kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. If Bronson Alvarez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Edgar Malloy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alec Mann having to interfere. Edgar Malloy's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Alec Mann read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 40th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Edgar Malloy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alec Mann was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. In the 42nd match minute, TOSSTER FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edgar Malloy to maneuver through the defense. If Bryan Dickinson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. TOSSTER FC's attack was well implemented in the 47th minute, but when Bronson Alvarez was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Domenico Cardoso stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Bronson Alvarez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alec Mann was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Domenico Cardoso in the 57th minute of play forced TOSSTER FC's goalkeeper Thurman Crockett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bronson Alvarez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Alec Mann tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bronson Alvarez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Alec Mann tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. TOSSTER FC's Bronson Alvarez got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 69th minute, Tad Rush hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edgar Malloy struck a weak shot in the 71st minute. Alec Mann didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for TOSSTER FC. Bronson Alvarez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Alec Mann made a huge save. In the 80th match minute, TOSSTER FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Miguel Cleveland to maneuver through the defense. Edgar Malloy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alec Mann having to interfere. If Bronson Alvarez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alec Mann showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgar Malloy, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. In the 92nd minute Emilio Justice shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thurman Crockett saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Bronson Alvarez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Despite being the better team, TOSSTER FC failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.