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Aylsham Stadium
Spectators: 7860 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1843, VIP seats: 17) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bryan DeGrasse made the kick off which started today's match. Ernesto Judd received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Rainier Drouin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luis Connors's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Hugo Talon read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 13th minute of play. Hugo Talon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Connors in the 16th minute of the match. Luis Connors sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hugo Talon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bryan DeGrasse, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 26th minute Bryan DeGrasse shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hugo Talon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cordoba City's Hugo Talon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bryan DeGrasse in the 28th minute of play. If Luis Connors had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 36 minutes into the match, Venice's goalkeeper Rainier Drouin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ernesto Judd. If Donnell Pike had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hugo Talon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bryan DeGrasse in the 48th minute of play. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Donnell Pike to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Venice's Bryan DeGrasse sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hugo Talon narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Donnell Pike sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rainier Drouin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ernesto Judd's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. Donnell Pike sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpected shot in the 60th minute by Bryan DeGrasse got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. If Bryan DeGrasse had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cordoba City's Hugo Talon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bryan DeGrasse in the 65th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ty Ward during the 66th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ty Ward kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. If Luis Connors had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ernesto Judd might have been able to make a better finish in the 74th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rainier Drouin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ernesto Judd ran back to his position shaking his head. Rainier Drouin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Donnell Pike went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. After having played for 80 minutes, Donnell Pike managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cordoba City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Donnell Pike was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ernesto Judd fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rainier Drouin having to interfere. Luis Connors who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 85thth minute tested the skills of Hugo Talon when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Rainier Drouin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ernesto Judd, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Donnell Pike sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gerry Guérette hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Ernesto Judd sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 95 minutes into the match, Donnell Pike had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rainier Drouin. Venice's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Donnell Pike was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Cordoba City had played much better football throughout.