Neephamsey Villa 5 - 4 Yeoburbor

Key Events:

• 6' Yeoburbor David Hobbs scores
• 7' Yellow card to Neephamsey Villa Rafael Arriaga
• 12' Neephamsey Villa Jose Solano scores, assisted by Paata Tsiklauri
• 15' Neephamsey Villa Maurizio Manca scores, assisted by John Haines
• 19' Yellow card to Yeoburbor Giovanni Arena
• 23' Neephamsey Villa John Haines scores
• 42' Yellow card to Neephamsey Villa Jose Solano
• 45' Yeoburbor Osamu Okawa scores, assisted by Jose Oliva
• 48' Yeoburbor Osamu Okawa scores, assisted by David Hobbs
• 54' Neephamsey Villa Maurizio Manca scores, assisted by John Haines
• 86' Yeoburbor David Hobbs scores, assisted by Abubakar Jimoh
• 89' Neephamsey Villa Maurizio Manca scores, assisted by Jose Solano

For Neephamsey Villa, the result reflects both a real attacking advantage and a match that never became comfortable. Five goals from 17 shots is a strong return, and Maurizio Manca’s hat-trick ultimately settled it; yet Yeoburbor scored four from nine attempts and kept the contest alive until the final minutes. The visitors’ 56% possession and 15 dribbles showed a side able to carry the ball and create pressure, even as Neephamsey Villa found more shots and more on target. The 5-4 scoreline is exact in its own peculiar way: the hosts won, but nobody was permitted to mistake that for a routine afternoon.