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Codroy Stadium
Spectators: 6841 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Robin Neal got the match started through his kick off. After 4 minutes of play, Griswold's Omer Avila made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Giovanni Sparks was left in no man's land by his defense there! Lewis Duran sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When Omer Avila came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the Griswold 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 Omer Avila couldn't finish the play. Orville Staton's late challenge caught a Griswold's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Orville Staton helped the player get up and apologised. Orville Staton hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Aicy AFC's Eugene Cuevas slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Maurice Torrez. That made the score 1-1 after 20 minutes of play. In the 23rd minute, Eugene Cuevas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Aicy AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. 30 minutes into the match, Griswold's goalkeeper Maurice Torrez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Brant Godfrey. The audience held their breath when Antoine McCoy in the 35th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Giovanni Sparks's left hand side. 39 minutes into the match, Aicy AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Omer Avila came free, but Giovanni Sparks reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Omer Avila scored 2-2 in the 41st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Giovanni Sparks, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Maurice Torrez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robin Neal in the 47th minute of the match. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Omer Avila made a kick off. Jed Vincent sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Orville Staton was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 55 minutes had been played. The supporters of Griswold booed when Aicy AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Orville Staton didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Griswold getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Jed Vincent hit a great ball. 61 minutes into the match, Griswold's Lewis Duran sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Giovanni Sparks narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Antoine McCoy's late challenge caught a Aicy AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Antoine McCoy helped the player get up and apologised. Giovanni Sparks made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lewis Duran in the 65th minute. In the 65th minute, Eugene Cuevas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lewis Duran fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Giovanni Sparks having to interfere. A collision led to Aicy AFC getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Robin Neal hit a great ball. The supporters of Aicy AFC booed when Griswold was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carson Pina didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 75th minute, Omer Avila 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. Lewis Duran blasted a shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Giovanni Sparks having to make a save. Omer Avila succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-3 in the 85th playminute. Omer Avila blasted a shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Giovanni Sparks having to make a save.