2nd Half:...game starts 7:02pm.
half time sub...Astros Cape replaces Vocino.
45 min...Astros Zorbas blasts 35 yard shot up middle well over net.
47 min...Astros Der Bedrossian 45 yard freekick has an Astros player pop up header from 20 yards and BS goalie charges out to save it.
49 min...BS Herrera injured on edge of Astros box when he tried to check player and twisted knee. He's down for three minutes.
54 min...Astros Feijoo great dribbling up middle but his 20 yard shot is deflected by defender and another defender clears.
56 min...BS Herrera from right 25 yards after getting pass runs to left around defender and rolls 12 yarder wide right of post.
59 min...Astros Cape quick 25 yard shot up middle has leaping goalie catch ball under bar.
60 min...Astros Cape gets away at 50 yards on 1 on 1 and launches 35 yarder well over net.
61 min...Astros Dadikhuda kicks loose ball from left 25 yarder to goalie. BS defender is injured in box holding off Astros Feijoo's run to prevent shot.
63 min...Astros Politi 35 yard freekick from left is caught by goalie.
66 min...BS Yaques flick header in crowd from 15 yards caught by goalie.
67 min...Astros are again caught offside by referee's assistant. This has happened many times this half.
68 min...BS Herrera gets to through ball and sliding point blank save from 16 yards.
70 min...Astros sub...Barnett replaces Der Bedrossian.
............Astros sub...Alzate replaces Salguero.
72 min...Stallions Mladen Dikic GOAL...A Stallions player after run on left has cross from near end line to Dikic who gets to ball and goalie makes great sliding save near left post from 3 yards but fumbles ball and Dikic taps in 1 yarder on right side of net.
75 min...Astros Zorbas rush up middle and launches 30 yarder well over net.
76 min...BS sub...Green replaces Jawando.
77 min...Astros Limuci 40 yard freekick from right is into box and knocked around dangerously.
78 min...BS Yaques runs up right sideline and perfect cross that BS Andrada can't turn in from 2 yards so ball rolls wide left.
79 min...BS sub...Blair replaces McIntosh.
80 min...Astros Lucas Alzate GOAL...Alzate gets ball on cross from right and puts 10 yard header over flying goalie Roy Blanche to right corner of net.
83 min...Astros sub...Diaz replaces Dadikhuda.
...........Astros sub...Tosing replaces Robertson.
85 min...BS YELLOW card...Green for tackle on Astros Alzate at BS 45 yards line.
86 min...Astros Ramsey 50 yard freekick from left has ball cleared on edge of box. Ramsey gets 45 yard rebound and blasts shot well over net.
88 min...Astros YELLOW card...Politi for knocking over BS Yaques over sideline near center.
90 min...BS Adolfo Mella 25 yard freekick from right end line is perfect cross but BS players can't finish play.
91 min...Astros Zorbas 35 yard blast up middle caught by goalie.
92 min...TS Adolfo Mella 15 yard shot blocked by defender.
93 min...TS Dikic cramps up running for through ball.
94 min...BS Herrera in box and sets up 3 yard shot but ball is poked wide right.
94 min...game ends 7:51pm.
Final Score:........North York Astros............1................Brampton Stallions...............2...........
Attendance was about 60 by halftime on this hot late summer afternoon with a bright sun. By the end of the game it had doubled and after the game another group replaced the departing CPSL fans. So there'd easily be more than 120 fans for a Somali League game. The sound speakers they brought to the game were even double the size of the 'Corporation Azule' DJ's equipment that the Astros use.
This game ended exactly the same score as last week's game at Esther Shiner Stadium between these two teams. Also as in that last game, the Astros scored last to make it close but this time the Stallions only had to hang on for about 13 minutes including injury time.
Astros were continuingly being caught offside in the second half. Their shooting was often from long range and should have been more accurate. Peter Zorbas and Marlin Cape had the best of these blasts. Stallions Hugo Herrera could have had three more goals in the second half and put this game away.
Rocket Robin
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