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Shezor Arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joab Hammerstein got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the game, one of Shezor:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 5th minute there was a penalty for G.R.. Ignacio Lizar stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Marco Margolis. 0-1. In the 7th minute, Ignacio Lizar ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marco Margolis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Ignacio Lizar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Marco Margolis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Paulino Machado kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Olívio da Rocha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joab Hammerstein in the 15th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Ignacio Lizar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Margolis was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Olívio da Rocha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joab Hammerstein in the 30th minute of play. A collision led to Shezor getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Tsafrir Golob hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aaron Kaplan in the 40th minute of play forced Shezor's goalkeeper Marco Margolis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Margolis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aaron Kaplan in the 42nd minute of the match. Ignacio Lizar scored 0-4 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marco Margolis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After the first half G.R. were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ignacio Lizar to make the kick off. Rea Gimelbrandt kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. After recieving a nice pass, G.R.'s Wincenty Juzda tried to score from far away in the 53rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Shezor's Joab Hammerstein got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ignacio Lizar's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 63rdth minute, Marco Margolis skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Marco Margolis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ignacio Lizar in the 71st minute of play. In the 72nd minute, Tsafrir Golob hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Shezor's Marco Margolis got control of the ball when Ignacio Lizar tried to sneak it across the goal line. 77 minutes into the match, Aaron Kaplan dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Marco Margolis, 0-5. In the 84th minute Fred Asbeck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Margolis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ignacio Lizar's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 85thth minute, Marco Margolis skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ignacio Lizar in the 87th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marco Margolis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. G.R. played a much better game than Shezor and deserved their victory. The Shezor players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.