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Match Report
Monumental Condebamb
Spectators: 5550 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 50) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jerrod Crabtree started the match with the kick off. After 2 minutes, Greg Caldwell mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Retamoso FC and the Downriver AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Greg Caldwell hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. In the 9th minute, Trey Johnson made a precise shot to the right of Ivan Higgins. Downriver AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. The supporters of Retamoso FC booed when Downriver AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ian Tompkins didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ivan Higgins showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from DeAndre Brantley, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Filiberto Lovell took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 20th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Zachery Ayers. Retamoso FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After a rather tough play, Downriver AFC's Chris Humphries got a free kick in the 24th minute. Jerrod Crabtree fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivan Higgins having to interfere. Sydney Cowan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Zachery Ayers tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zachery Ayers didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Downriver AFC's Sydney Cowan shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Sydney Cowan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jerrod Crabtree sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zachery Ayers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sydney Cowan, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, DeAndre Brantley managed to get in a good position for a shot. Retamoso FC's supporters rose to their feet, but DeAndre Brantley was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ivan Higgins breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sydney Cowan stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Greg Caldwell had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Retamoso FC booed when Downriver AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ian Tompkins didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 63 played minutes Downriver AFC got a freekick which was hit by Sydney Cowan. After 66 played minutes Downriver AFC got a freekick which was hit by Vince Bustamante. Jerrod Crabtree scored 2-1 in the 67th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ivan Higgins, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 73 played minutes Retamoso FC got a freekick which was hit by Cristobal Pryor. Ivan Higgins showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bob Tinsley in the 78th minute of the match. In the 80th minute, Domenico Arden hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bob Tinsley in the 88th minute of play forced Downriver AFC's goalkeeper Ivan Higgins to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Downriver AFC booed when Retamoso FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lance Shepard didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Retamoso FC's zone, Ian Tompkins stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zachery Ayers came out of the goal and Ian Tompkins tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.
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