Saracino Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38,
Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gilbert Manduca started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute, Nigel Apap reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jotautas Gutauskas. The goal made the score 1-0. Jotautas Gutauskas was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Thomas Zrinzo showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 9 minute of play. In the 12th match minute, Kings was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jeronimas Gaižiūnas to maneuver through the defense. In the 14th minute of the game, Algirdas Kšanavičius landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. After 14 minutes, Brian Urpani mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Attard Gunners and the Kings players grew even worse after the yellow card. Brian Urpani hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Kastytis Zuoza kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. During the 18th minute of the match Brian Urpani completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Brian Urpani a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Thomas Zrinzos short, quick shot in the 20thth minute got Jotautas Gutauskas to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 23 minutes into the match, Kings's goalkeeper Jotautas Gutauskas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nigel Apap. The supporters of Kings booed when Attard Gunners was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joshua Demanuele didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 32nd minute of the match Attard Gunners got a corner. Kings's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. William De Lucca ran over to the corner to take the kick. 34 minutes into the match, Kings's goalkeeper Jotautas Gutauskas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Thomas Zrinzo. After some careless play in the Kings defense, Gilbert Manduca kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jotautas Gutauskas. The Kings fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jotautas Gutauskas should have stopped the shot. Kings's Jotautas Gutauskas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save Kings from getting a goal against them. 40 minutes into the match, Kings's goal looked a bit too open when Thomas Zrinzo came free, but Jotautas Gutauskas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jeronimas Gaižiūnas kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Nigel Apap received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Jotautas Gutauskas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.
The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jeronimas Gaižiūnas to strike the kick off in the second half. Jotautas Gutauskas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nigel Apap in the 55th minute of the match. Jotautas Gutauskas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thomas Zrinzo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Kings getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Karolis Adomkevičius hit a great ball. Jotautas Gutauskas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nigel Apap, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 64 minutes into the match, Kings's goal looked a bit too open when Gilbert Manduca came free, but Jotautas Gutauskas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 66th minute, Thomas Zrinzo made a precise shot to the right of Jotautas Gutauskas. Kings's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. 69 minutes into the match, Kings's goal looked a bit too open when Nigel Apap came free, but Jotautas Gutauskas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jotautas Gutauskas came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by Attard Gunners's Gilbert Manduca. But to his dismay, Gilbert Manduca quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. 79 minutes into the game, Nigel Apap cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-0. Jotautas Gutauskas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The supporters of Kings booed when Attard Gunners was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sean Bailey didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 87th minute, Jake Debono made a precise shot to the right of Jotautas Gutauskas. Kings's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 9-0. 91 minutes into the match, Thomas Zrinzo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jotautas Gutauskas. Kings's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Thomas Zrinzo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 10-0. Attard Gunners's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.
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