League

Stadium of Wonder
Spectators: 10500 (Terracing: 7875, Seating: 2415, VIP seats: 210) Ismail Ege started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the match, Nomads Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Willem-Jan Ceulemans came free, but Sherwood Burkett reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Nomads Football Club getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Jurand Hoffman hit a great ball. In the 7th minute, Christos Pountos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Maciej Hajder took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 7th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Roland Parker. New England Minas's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Roland Parker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emanuel Blomberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sherwood Burkett showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shaun Mahoney in the 12th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Shaun Mahoney's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sherwood Burkett was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. 16 minutes into the match, Nomads Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Shaun Mahoney came free, but Sherwood Burkett reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 18 minutes into the match, Nomads Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Willem-Jan Ceulemans came free, but Sherwood Burkett reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Roland Parker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuel Blomberg in the 20th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benny Pike in the 22nd minute of play forced Nomads Football Club's goalkeeper Sherwood Burkett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benny Pike struck a weak shot in the 26th minute. Sherwood Burkett didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for New England Minas. Roland Parker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ismail Ege, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benny Pike in the 36th minute of play forced Nomads Football Club's goalkeeper Sherwood Burkett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 36th play minutes Shaun Mahoney shot 0-1, a short shot which went by Sherwood Burkett and just under the crossbar into goal. Roland Parker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ismail Ege in the 40th minute of play. In the 41st minute Emanuel Blomberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roland Parker saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ismail Ege kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Shaun Mahoney made a kick off. Roland Parker didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emanuel Blomberg went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Roland Parker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ismail Ege, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Sherwood Burkett took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Willem-Jan Ceulemans, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 64th minute Benny Pike shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sherwood Burkett saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Willem-Jan Ceulemans received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Sherwood Burkett tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. New England Minas made a substitution. Domenico Dillon replaced Hal Bearden. Willem-Jan Ceulemans who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 71stth minute tested the skills of Sherwood Burkett when he managed to save the team from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shaun Mahoney in the 76th minute of play forced Nomads Football Club's goalkeeper Sherwood Burkett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th minute, Ismail Ege ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roland Parker was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. New England Minas made a substitution. Stanley Metcalf replaced Benny Pike. Roland Parker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ismail Ege, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nomads Football Club's Vince Woodward was substituted for Philip Gilliam. Ronaldinho Gaucho made in the 86th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by New England Minas's Stanley Metcalf. Shaun Mahoney sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Through an outstanding action, after 87 minutes, Sherwood Burkett successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Emanuel Blomberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Roland Parker tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Nomads Football Club fans cheered their team off the field, for while New England Minas had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.