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Sappington Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Carl Grep made the kick off which started today's match. Quentin Garza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Theodore Stiles, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. 5 minutes into the match, Croatia FC's goal looked a bit too open when Carl Grep came free, but Quentin Garza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 8 minutes, Adalberto Cowan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the México FC and the Croatia FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Croatia FC booed when México FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adalberto Cowan didn't get a good kick on the ball. 11 minutes into the match, México FC's Carl Grep sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Quentin Garza narrowly saved just below the crossbar. México FC's Damião Viveiros proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save México FC from getting a goal against them. Quentin Garza didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Carl Grep went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. A collision led to México FC getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Johnnie Soares hit a great ball. Croatia FC's Oscar Booth got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Carl Grep might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Quentin Garza. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Carl Grep ran back to his position shaking his head. If Theodore Stiles had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 26th minute, Carl Grep managed to get in a good position for a shot. México FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Carl Grep was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Quentin Garza breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Monte Holcomb received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Damião Viveiros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Quentin Garza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carl Grep, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Croatia FC's Milton Copeland got a free kick in the 31st minute. In the 34th minute Oscar Booth shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damião Viveiros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vernon Shipp charged in rather forcefully in the 36th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vernon Shipp the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 36th minute, Vernon Shipp hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Damião Viveiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oscar Booth in the 38th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Theodore Stiles managed to get in a good position for a shot. México FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Theodore Stiles was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Quentin Garza breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. México FC's Adalberto Cowan got his second yellow card of the match in the 44th minute. The referee ordered Adalberto Cowan off the ground. After 43 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for México FC! After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Oscar Booth to strike the kick off in the second half. If Monte Holcomb had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. A collision led to Croatia FC getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Melvin Butcher hit a great ball. 57 minutes into the match, Croatia FC's goalkeeper Quentin Garza had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Johnnie Soares. México FC's Damião Viveiros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monte Holcomb in the 61st minute of play. If Johnnie Soares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Johnnie Soares sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Oscar Booth received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Damião Viveiros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jermaine Landreth kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Damião Viveiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monte Holcomb in the 72nd minute of the match. Quentin Garza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jermaine Landreth, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Croatia FC's Monte Holcomb got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 81st minute, Carl Grep 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. 82 minutes into the game, Edgar Waddell was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Croatia FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave México FC the free kick. In the 82nd minute, Edgar Waddell hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 85 minutes, Johnnie Soares managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. México FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Johnnie Soares was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 89 minutes, Milton Copeland mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Croatia FC and the México FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 91st minute, Johnnie Soares 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. México FC's Johnnie Soares got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.