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Match Report
St Johns Wood
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36,
Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Khaled Chérif took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute, Imed Akid hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Symba's Anis Achour played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís Braga in the 9th minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Gervásio Severiano in the 11th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Symba's Gus Wootton. In the 12th minute Khaled Chérif shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Baltasar Matias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 14 minutes Symba's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Luís Braga who took care of the corner kick. Shao Kun Yuan took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Anis Achour. Anis Achour dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Anis Achour made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joaquim de Barros in the 18th minute of play. If Shao Kun Yuan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Shao Kun Yuan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anis Achour having to interfere. Anis Achour showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gervásio Severiano, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Joaquim de Barros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Luís Braga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anis Achour showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gervásio Severiano in the 31st minute of the match. Anis Achour made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shao Kun Yuan in the 33rd minute of play. Anis Achour made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joaquim de Barros in the 35th minute of play. Anis Achour made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gervásio Severiano in the 42nd minute of play. Shao Kun Yuan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a defensive mix-up in Symba's zone, Luís Braga stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Anis Achour came out of the goal and Luís Braga tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Symba made a substitution. Sílvio Veiga replaced Khaled Chérif. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.
The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Joaquim de Barros to strike the kick off in the second half. Baltasar Matias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomás San Juan, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Joaquim de Barros struck a weak shot in the 57th minute. Anis Achour didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for VB-Team. With an all-out effort, VB-Team's Anis Achour threw himself towards the right post 60 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Gervásio Severiano, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 61st minute of the match VB-Team got a corner. Symba's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Luís Braga ran over to the corner to take the kick. Anis Achour made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shao Kun Yuan in the 65th minute of play. Anis Achour took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shao Kun Yuan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in VB-Team's zone, Gus Wootton stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Baltasar Matias came out of the goal and Gus Wootton tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. VB-Team made a substitution. Luís Caeiro replaced Joaquim de Barros. Tomás San Juan charged in rather forcefully in the 72nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tomás San Juan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of VB-Team booed when Symba was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tomás San Juan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Anis Achour showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Caeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. With a little luck, Symba's Anis Achour got control of the ball when Luís Braga tried to sneak it across the goal line. Anis Achour made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Luís Braga sent off a good shot on target. In the 82nd minute Shao Kun Yuan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anis Achour saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Symba getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Tacettin Umay hit a great ball. Luís Caeiro in the 86thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Anis Achour, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. When the match clock showed 86 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Luís Caeiro sped through Symba's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Anis Achour. The supporters of Symba booed when VB-Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luís Braga didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Symba fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. VB-Team were clearly better and deserved to take the win.
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