LIVE Grand Final: Cyclones FC vs Lightning FC

The line-up Lightning hope can do the business...

In goal for Lightning...1. B Wall

The defense looking to support him...2. D Astel, 3. H Roberts, 4. L Sweetman and 5. S Shooter

The defensive midfielder...7. A Kolar [c]

The midfield pairing....6. T Giggs [vc] and 9. W Welker

The offensive midfielder will be...8. G Weaver

Looking to break through the Clones defense...10. E Nino and 11. D Alessi

The bench for Lightning is...12. RG Cribb, 13. N Hunt, 14. S Raton, 15. B Meyers and
16. S Das

 

Min. 1 : (cyc) A_Farhat takes a throw in
... He throws the ball into D_Erschoff
... Driven towards goal by D_Erschoff !
... B_Wall parries it

Min. 5 : (cyc) S_Wilson sidesteps T_Giggs
... He showed great skill there
... S_Wilson rifles it at the goal !
... But B_Wall comes out and dives at his feet
... That's goalkeeping at its finest

 

Min. 6 : (light) T_Giggs crosses into the box, finding D_Alessi
... A cracking drive from D_Alessi !
... He couldn't have struck it more sweetly!!
... GOAL !!
... Look at the delight on his face!
... Just look at the delight!!
... And Lightning FC are leading in the game now
... Cyclones FC 0-1 Lightning FC ...

Min. 8 : (cyc) J_Goodfellow takes possession
... He has his back towards goal
... He turns well
... J_Goodfellow shoots towards goal !
... The shot slips through B_Wall's hands
... But goes wide!
... He got away with that!
... Goal kick given! That looked like a corner to me

Min. 10 : (cyc) S_Green slows the ball down and waits for support
... No one seems to be coming forward
... He heads towards the goal alone!
... S_Green lobs B_Wall!
... B_Wall makes a difficult save

 

Well very much against the early run of play but in the 6th minute Lightning have taken the lead with an awesome strike leaving C Laing with no chance. Can Cyclones bounce back from this early set back?

 

Min. 12 : (cyc) J_Dempsey holds the ball up
... He sees J_Goodfellow in space!
... L_Sweetman gets to the ball first

Min. 13 : (cyc) A_Laing takes on the defender
... He gets past him!
... He sees a team mate making a run
... He plays the ball through to A_Farhat
... A_Farhat is through on goal!
... The flag stays down
... He just has B_Wall to beat
... He nutmegs B_Wall
... It hits the upright!!
... B_Wall recovers to save it !!

Min. 14 : (cyc) J_Dempsey with a simple pass to K_Fung
... K_Fung goes for goal !
... It's wide!
... 9 times out of ten he would have scored that!