African 1 - 1 wood (392053374)

Clouds darkened the skies at Black African Tigers Arena as 11926 spectators turned up for the match. Bob Olesen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dan Jacobsson and Emeterio Rivas. African tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Street - Ávalos, Breaux, Villalobos, Denson - Coles, Meyer, Perez, Landry - Franklin, Tan.

wood decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Quick - Tate, Nowak, Gamble, 修光 (Xiuguang) - Marvin, Carlson, Waddell, Whitt - Meadows, Eaton.

翟. 修光 (Xiuguang) behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 8 minutes as he gave the ball away to P. Coles. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when M. Carlson slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against C. Street, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. The most controversial moment of the game was likely the penalty given after 13 minutes. wood's A. Tate kept his concentration, despite the upset crowd, and calmly put the ball past the keeper to make the score 0 - 1. 22 minutes into the game, J. Breaux had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came G. Humphries. African's G. Humphries was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 23 minutes. The crowd chanted their encouragement as African's D. Ávalos came in from the right after 24 minutes and put the ball in the net to level the score at 1 - 1. Halftime score was 1 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to African, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

48 minutes in, African's J. Villalobos received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. African's I. Franklin got himself booked for a foul. wood's J. Waddell was shown a yellow card after 68 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The visitors were very close to gaining the lead with a marvellous free kick after 72 minutes, but C. Street made a beautiful one-handed save. The cannonball from 35 metres by I. Franklin of African was an impressive sight, but didn't make it into the net. African had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.

The most dominating African player was without a doubt G. Humphries. On the other hand, C. Street's play was disheartening. wood's best player was E. Whitt. Q. Meadows on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 1.