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AS Pirae: 24. Jonathan TOROHIA [GK], 4. Ken WARREN, 5. Raimoana BENNETT, 7. Raimana LI FUNG KUEE, 9. Naea BENNETT, 10. Tearii LABASTE, 19. Marama VAHIRUA (c), 20. Jay WARREN, 21. Javier PAEZ, 25. Heimanu TAIARUI, 26. Huimana PARKER
Substitutes: 2. Tauirai TEIVA, 6. Gael MESLIEN, 8. Salomon TEVEPAUHU, 12. Franck REVEL [GK], 14. Augustin DALLERA, 15. Teriinoho TIHONI, 17. Marc VAKI, 18. Jimmy TEPA, 22. Tainui LEHARTEL,
Coach: Gerard KAUTAI (FRA)
Waitakere United: 1. Danny ROBINSON [GK], 2. Aaron JONES, 5. Brian SHELLEY, 10. Benji TOTORI, 11. Joel STEVENS, 12. Sam MATHEWS, 14. Maksim MANKO, 16. Tristan PRATTLEY, 17. Jake BUTLER (c)
Substitutes: 6. Adam McGEORGE, 8. Tom BISS, 9. Sam FRENCH, 19. Dylan STANSFIELD, 22. James McPEAKE [GK], 26. Harshae RANIGA
Co-Coach: Brian SHELLEY (IRE)
Co-Coach: Paul TEMPLE (ENG)
Match officials:
Referee: Bertrand BILLON (NCL)
Assistant Referee 1: Tevita MAKASINI (TGA)
Assistant Referee 2: David CHARLES (PNG)
Fourth Official: Salesh CHAND (FIJ)
The final whistle sounds
90′ + 2′ GOAL!!! AS Pirae 3 Waitakere United 1 Tepa slots in at the far post to extend Pirae’s lead
90′ + 2′ Waitakere on attack long and Torohia collects
90′ + 1′ YELLOW CARD Caution for Robinson
90′ + 1′ We saw it yesterday with Auckland City and we’re seeing it again today as Danny Robinson comes into the opposition area on a corner
Three minutes of additional time
89′ Totori tumbles and its a dangerously placed free kick for Biss to send
88′ Raniga does well to clear away from Bennett, manages to win a goal kick
88′ Bennett in to Labaste, on to Vaki who backheels to Labaste for the shot inches over the cross bar
87′ Robinson boots upfield and Torohia is off his line to capture
86′ McGeorge comes through with the studs up on Naea Bennett
85′ Another decent corner from Biss but out the other side for a goal kick
84′ French can’t get a decent shot off
83′ Taiarui clears away from Totori on the attack
82′ Taiarui behind a dead ball sends out to Vaki
81′ French and Biss one-two, French’s cross hits Torohia at the post
81′ Stevens flaunts his pace up the right and crosses
80′ Vahirua on the advance but little support for the former professional
79′ Biss delivers his corner, it appears out the other side for Stevens to take a chance with but Torohia catches
78′ Stevens cuts it into the box, Tevepauhu gets his clearance right this time
77′ Tevepauhu heads in towards his own goal, McGeorge is there waiting but sends so far off target
75′ Taiarui takes the goalkick, Stansfield pops the ball out to Totori but first touch is bad
75′ Stansfield blasts over the target
75′ McGeorge fouls an advancing Vahirua
74′ French goes but the flag is raised
74′ SUBSTITUTION Dylan Stansfield replaces Maksim Manko
73′ Torohia’s kick hits French in a rare mistake from the keeper, open goal, but Manko can’t score and Taiarui in to clean up
72′ Vaki and McGeorge told to shake and make up
71′ Stevens on attack but fouls Labaste for a turnover
70′ Foul on Butler in the circle
69′ Torohia leaves his goal open to dive at the feet of French and unbelievably Waitakere can’t get a shot off
69′ Great switch from Vahirua but terrible first touch from Labaste sees Raniga pick up the ball
68′ Torohia steals off the foot of Totori in his box
67′ Taiarui with an excellent saving tackle that sends the ball out and brings down Taniga at the same time
66′ Waitakere’s man advantage showing a little bit now but Pirae are taking their opportunities to advance where they can
66′ Torohia comces off his line to collect above the heads of Waitakere
65′ Taiarui takes a pop from the centre of the park
64′ Stevens breaks but it’s whipped off him, Tearii Labaste on the counter
63′ SUBSTITUTION Prattley is replaced by Adam McGeorge for Waitakere
63′ Vahurya goes down of fthe ball in an incident with Butler
62′ Butler long and over the head of Totori
60′ Bennett has moved off the pitch with some kind of injury and with nine players Pirae are still on attack
59′ Bennett takes two touches before blasting just high of the cross bar for Pirae
58′ Free kick from out wide brought down by Torohia
58′ Jones and Vaki warned by referee Bertrand Billon
57′ SUBSTITUTION Javier Paez comes off and Jimmy Tepa comes on
56′ GOAL!!! AS Pirae 2 Waitakere United 1 Stevens scores for Waitakere United
54′ Butler finds Stevens who crosses in
54′ Jones fouls Vaki, Pratley into the boot of Bennett wins his side a goal kick
53′ Shelley plays Raniga up the line, he crosses but Torohia takes
52′ Vahirua floats it in and Robinson standing inside his post to pick up
51′ A Naea Bennett sandwich with Butler and Prattley acting as the bread
51′ Foul this time on Pirae’s Vaki
50′ Hoofed upfield by Toroia, Biss bundled over by Labaste but no foul
48′ Ken Warren is off to the side of the goal receiving treatment
48′ There’s a Pirae player down in the box following the free kick effort
46′ RED CARD Pirae go a man down as Huimana Parker leaves the field
46′ French bundled over on the edge of the box
SUBSTITUTION Pirae switch Li Fung Kuee out and bring Marc Vaki on, Waitakere bring on Sam French in place of Sam Mathews
The second half gets underway
The first half comes to an end
45′ + 1 Shelley covers half the pitch on a run before playing off Totori
There will be one minute additional time
45′ Stevens tries to back hell past Tevepauhu but he’s solid and pushes ahead, delivery goes over Vahirua in the area
44′ Vahirua tries to hit Tevepauhu
43′ Butler picks up in the middle, Totori, can’t beat Jay Warren this time
42′ Cross from Totori again, Stevens at the near post sends it just wide
41′ Low drill from Totori after he beats inside his marker to shoot but it’s just tipped wide by Torohia who can’t get a good grip
41′ Naea Bennett concedes on the half way mark
40′ Butler sees the run from Stevens and tries to play him on but there’s a foot from Jay Warren in the way
38′ YELLOW CARD Tearii Labaste cautioned for a tackle on Stevens
38′ Prattley delivers a free kick from the touchline but Butler’s fouled someone in the box
36′ Bennett under a send from Torohia but is crowded off by Shelley, Mathews and Raniga
35′ Tevepauhu up the right this time, cuts onto his left but crosses long
35′ Waitakere corner headed well clear by Taiarui
34′ Just a little heavy from Jay Warren up to the recent substitute Teveauhu who does well to block the clearance from Brian Shelley
33′ SUBSTITUTION Raimoana Bennett makes room for Salomon Teveauhu to have a run
32′ Li Fung Kuee and Tearii Labaste combine well but the advance is closed down on the edge of the Waitakere box
31′ Parker reads Totori well and shuts down his advance
29′ Biss behind a Waitakere free-kick, Torohia picks it up
28′ Butler makes a run, Mathews mistimes it and plays right back to Pirae
28′ Great turn by Vahirua who then delivers long to Li Fung Kuee who can’t get a cross off
27′ Call goes against Taiarui
26′ Biss is onside but can’t beat Ken Warren
25′ Corner for Waitakere and Prattley comes across to deliver – captured by Torohia
23′ Shelley sends Raniga up the left, on to Stevensand the cross loops into the box off Jay Warren’s block
22′ Delivered into the box by Li Fung Kuee, spiral header from Raniga to clear and Naea Bennett decides against leaping to challenge Robinson
21′ Robinson sends long, Torohia off his line to collect
20′ Crunching challenge from Butler on Parker leaves the Pirae man flat on his back
19′ Vahirua to Bennett, plays on to Li Fung Kuee and asks for it back but it doesn’t quite reach him
19′ Aaron Jones sends long to Stevens, cross to Totori but good challenge from Parker
18′ Back to Torohia for Pirae with Manko pressing high
18′ Short pass from Totori picked up by Parker
17′ GOAL!!! AS Pirae 2 Waitakere United 0 It comes back to Naea Bennett who fires under a diving Robinson
17′ Shot from Vahirua long range, palmed away by Robinson
16′ Terrible clearance inside the Pirae box gives Stevens a chance but he fires it directly at an approaching Torohia
15′ Stevens brought down on the sideline by Jay Warren
15′ Lofted into the hands of Robinson
14′ Loud call from Danny Robinson who comes out to collect a headed effort from Naea Bennett
13′ Three decent efforts off the original delivery, with Joel Stevens final effort pushed wide of the post by Jonathan Torohia
12′ Tom Biss with the send, curled in but whistle blows for a retake
11′ YELLOW CARD Ken Warren is cautioned for a challenge on Manko off the corner of the box
10′ Totori easily around Huimana Parker but Raimoana Bennett clears
9′ Marama Vahirua easily beats Sam Mathews to the ball but can’t create from his delivery
9′ Tristan Prattley tries to head on
8′ Cross from Butler hoofed clear
8′ Free kick Waitakere headed away then chased down by Jay Warren
7′ Heimanu Taiarui with a touch over head
6′ YELLOW CARD Li Fung Kuee cautioned for AS Pirae
6′ Butler tries to pass Maksim Manko through the defence but Jay Warren comes around to boot
5′ Cross over Harshae Raniga’s head butt Raimoana Bennett has already halted his advance
4′ Jake Butler sends wide to Benji Totori
1′ GOAL!!! AS Pirae 1 Waitakere United 0 Li Fung Kuee opens the scoring
1′ Naea Bennett cuts his cross back into the box, Raimana Li Fung Kuee over runs it but chases down
The match kicks off