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Feliciano Gambarte
Spectators: 10831 (Terracing: 8124, Seating: 2491, VIP seats: 216) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edu de Sousa got the match started through his kick off. 5 minutes into the game, Zhu Quan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Teddy Brookes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Ivor Whitehead came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the El Expreso 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 Ivor Whitehead couldn't finish the play. Ivor Whitehead's late challenge caught a Dinamo Tropez's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ivor Whitehead helped the player get up and apologised. After 10 played minutes El Expreso got a freekick which was hit by Ivor Whitehead. 13 minutes into the match, El Expreso's Edu de Sousa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Teddy Brookes narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 15th minute of the match El Expreso got a corner. Dinamo Tropez's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dani Sánchez ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Dani Sánchez got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Teddy Brookes quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Ivor Whitehead's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 16thth minute, Teddy Brookes skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 22nd minute Edu de Sousa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Teddy Brookes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ivor Whitehead received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Teddy Brookes came out and tried to block the shot, but Ivor Whitehead slotted it home off the left post making it 4-0 in the 29th minute. Zhu Quan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Dinamo Tropez's Jason Saxton got a free kick in the 35th minute. 38 minutes into the game, El Expreso's Zhu Quan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Teddy Brookes made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. With a little luck, Dinamo Tropez's Teddy Brookes got control of the ball when Ivor Whitehead tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Dinamo Tropez's zone, Ivor Whitehead stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Teddy Brookes came out of the goal and Ivor Whitehead tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Kenny Peacock made the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the Dinamo Tropez defense, Edu de Sousa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Teddy Brookes. The Dinamo Tropez fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Teddy Brookes should have stopped the shot. Teddy Brookes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Camron Langsford, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 69th minute of the match El Expreso got a corner. Dinamo Tropez's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dani Sánchez ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 79 minutes of play, El Expreso's Zhu Quan made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Teddy Brookes was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 82nd minute, Charles Cornish hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Dinamo Tropez defense, Edu de Sousa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Teddy Brookes. The Dinamo Tropez fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Teddy Brookes should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the Dinamo Tropez defense, Edu de Sousa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Teddy Brookes. The Dinamo Tropez fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Teddy Brookes should have stopped the shot. Edu de Sousa succeeded in the game's 92nd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 11-0. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. El Expreso fully deserved thier win.