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ARENA HOROZLAR
Spectators: 8431 (Terracing: 6324, Seating: 1939, VIP seats: 168) TC☆ Étoiles Filantes FC ™'s Granville Belcher started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Shawn Kline received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. Cyrus Parnell tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the TC☆ Étoiles Filantes FC ™ defense, Shawn Kline kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cyrus Parnell. The TC☆ Étoiles Filantes FC ™ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cyrus Parnell should have stopped the shot. Halifax Royals's Victor Cunningham proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save Halifax Royals from getting a goal against them. Cyrus Parnell took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arturo Hills, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Ariel Iban came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the TC☆ Étoiles Filantes 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 Ariel Iban couldn't finish the play. Arturo Hills sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Granville Belcher in the 35th minute of play forced Halifax Royals's goalkeeper Victor Cunningham to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 37th minute Shawn Kline shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cyrus Parnell saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Granville Belcher's late challenge caught a Halifax Royals's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Granville Belcher helped the player get up and apologised. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Shawn Kline stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Granville Belcher fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Victor Cunningham having to interfere. Granville Belcher sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 65th minute of the match Tommy Brady shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cyrus Parnell showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 70th minute Shawn Kline shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cyrus Parnell saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 73rd minute Shawn Kline shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cyrus Parnell saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jérémie Craven hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Ariel Iban kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. A hard shot by Tommy Brady from long distance, 79 minutes into the match, got Cyrus Parnell's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. In the 80th minute, Shawn Kline fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. If Fatsali Bedirhan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Ariel Iban had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 91 minutes into the match, TC☆ Étoiles Filantes FC ™'s goalkeeper Cyrus Parnell had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Arturo Hills. When the final whistle went the supporters of Halifax Royals were delighted that their team had defeated the much more dominant TC☆ Étoiles Filantes FC ™ side.