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Ingram Arena
Spectators: 8040 (Terracing: 6031, Seating: 1849, VIP seats: 160) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Johnathan Peralta got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Angeles norteños's Giovanny Raeymakers got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Rodger Alvaro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Mao Peng made a huge save. Mao Peng made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Johnathan Peralta in the 6th minute of play. Bryce Witherspoon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nereo Loreto in the 7th minute of the match. Russ Meeks's late challenge caught a Angeles norteños's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Russ Meeks helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Ingram's Russ Meeks got a free kick in the 14th minute. 18 minutes into the match, Nereo Loreto had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bryce Witherspoon. Ingram's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nereo Loreto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Mao Peng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Johnathan Peralta, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. After 26 minutes, Nereo Loreto made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Ingram's Bryce Witherspoon tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 30th minute, Nereo Loreto 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 a defensive mix-up in Ingram's zone, Claude De La Cruz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bryce Witherspoon came out of the goal and Claude De La Cruz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Through an outstanding action, after 33 minutes, Mao Peng successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Giovanny Raeymakers kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. In the 37th minute Ingram were awarded a corner. Blake Sousa went to the cornerflag to take it. Blake Sousa made a great header on Ingram's corner, it was just that Angeles norteños's Mao Peng managed to reach the ball for a save. After a rather tough play, Angeles norteños's Stefan Lackey got a free kick in the 38th minute. Bryce Witherspoon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nereo Loreto, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Blake Sousa kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. If Isidoros Stavroulis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Isidoros Stavroulis might have been able to make a better finish in the 57th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bryce Witherspoon. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Isidoros Stavroulis ran back to his position shaking his head. Bryce Witherspoon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Isidoros Stavroulis, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. After 59 minutes, Johnathan Peralta mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ingram and the Angeles norteños players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Ingram getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Johnathan Peralta hit a great ball. Ingram's Bryce Witherspoon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nereo Loreto in the 69th minute of play. Johnathan Peralta kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. The supporters of Angeles norteños booed when Ingram was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rodger Alvaro didn't get a good kick on the ball. 76 minutes into the match, Claude De La Cruz dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Bryce Witherspoon, 0-3. When Nereo Loreto came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Angeles norteños 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 Nereo Loreto couldn't finish the play. Dudley Shah charged in rather forcefully in the 82nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dudley Shah the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. When the match had gone on for 88 minutes, Isidoros Stavroulis put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Bryce Witherspoon. The Ingram fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Angeles norteños were clearly better and deserved to take the win.