Excellent Hammers		Cowardly Birds
Normal	Tactics	Normal
56%	Possession	44%
42%	Play in the half	58%
12	Shots	10
0	Fouls	4
0	Yellow cards	1
0	Red cards	0
0	Offsides	0
16.9	average mark	18.2
poor	Shooting	poor
hopeless	Passing	unsatisfactory
poor	Defending	weak

15 minute.
Duggan cleverly intercepts the pass. Duggan lobs the ball high into the air. Hayward plays the ball off with his head. Simmons takes over possession. Simmons has a fantastic effort at goal. The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

22 minute.
Drewitt plays the ball through. Mountain takes over possession. Mountain makes a one-touch pass. Here comes Lambert, having a little trouble catching the ball. Lambert shoots. The ball hits the post.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Excellent Hammers - Cowardly Birds 0:1

25 minute.
Duggan just manages to reach the ball first. Carruthers wins the ball from behind. Mountain fouls. Mountain is cautioned.

28 minute.
O`Sullivan attempts to pass. Delaney plays the ball through. Court has problems with catching the ball. Lambert takes over possession. Lambert shoots. Cox palms the ball away with the tips of his fingers.

33 minute.
Parfitt makes a diving header. Simmons plays the ball off with his head. Carruthers ineptly catches the ball. Carruthers has a fantastic effort at goal. Duggan tries to claim a difficult ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!! It`s a close game - a draw!
Excellent Hammers - Cowardly Birds 1:1

43 minute.
Goal kick. Court hoofs the ball clear. Hough tries to trap the ball with his chest. Mountain just manages to reach the ball first. Mountain shoots. Cox tries to get hold of the ball but it slips out of his hands.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Excellent Hammers - Cowardly Birds 1:2

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: Excellent Hammers 45%, Cowardly Birds 55%.
Excellent Hammers - Cowardly Birds 1:2

58 minute.
Drewitt just manages to reach the ball first. Delaney wins the ball from behind. Delaney plays the ball through. Lambert approaches the ball. Lambert takes a swing and hits it... The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

60 minute.
Hough passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Rosser attempts to pass. Duggan has problems with catching the ball. Parfitt takes over possession. Parfitt shoots. The ball dips, but not enough, it clips the bar.

67 minute.
Ruscoe passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Delaney just manages to reach the ball first. Delaney passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Lambert takes over possession. Lambert has a fantastic effort at goal. The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

71 minute.
Carruthers attempts to pass. Parfitt just manages to reach the ball first. Keaveney takes over possession. Parfitt cleverly intercepts the pass. Parfitt shoots.
It was close.

73 minute.
Duggan has been injured, he will have to be substituted. Easter comes on to the pitch.

88 minute.
Hough takes over possession. Hough lobs the ball high into the air. Keaveney approaches the ball. Parfitt cleverly intercepts the pass. Parfitt shoots.
What a tremendous chance!

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: Excellent Hammers 38%, Cowardly Birds 62%.
Excellent Hammers - Cowardly Birds 1:2