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Pipon Pipon Field
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Antal Valentin got the match started through his kick off. Major Barna fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jannes Ruttens having to interfere. In the 16th minute of the match Hungary got a corner. C. A. Pipon Pipon's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Antal Valentin ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a defensive mix-up in C. A. Pipon Pipon's zone, Major Barna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jannes Ruttens came out of the goal and Major Barna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Francesco Figueroa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Fodor Daniel made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Nicky Bryson sent off a good shot on target. If Antal Valentin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jannes Ruttens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antal Valentin in the 26th minute of the match. After 27 minutes C. A. Pipon Pipon's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Antal Valentin who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Vörös Henrik got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jannes Ruttens quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 29th minute Hungary were awarded a corner. Antal Valentin went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 31st minute, Cesario Irazu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to C. A. Pipon Pipon getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Francesco Figueroa hit a great ball. 34 minutes into the match, C. A. Pipon Pipon's goal looked a bit too open when Antal Valentin came free, but Jannes Ruttens reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 39th minute Francesco Figueroa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fodor Daniel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jannes Ruttens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Major Barna in the 41st minute of play. In the 42nd minute of the match Hungary got a corner. C. A. Pipon Pipon's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Antal Valentin ran over to the corner to take the kick. Cristóvão Ortiz charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cristóvão Ortiz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Hungary booed when C. A. Pipon Pipon was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristóvão Ortiz didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Major Barna had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Francesco Figueroa to strike the kick off in the second half. Jannes Ruttens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Major Barna in the 51st minute of play. 56 minutes into the match, Francesco Figueroa notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Hungary's Fodor Daniel. Fodor Daniel was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Cesario Irazu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Major Barna could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Jannes Ruttens made a huge save. In the 68th minute, Cesario Irazu got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When Major Barna came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the Hungary fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Major Barna couldn't finish the play. Major Barna might have been able to make a better finish in the 80th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jannes Ruttens. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Major Barna ran back to his position shaking his head. C. A. Pipon Pipon made a substitution. Merlin Riley replaced Cesario Irazu. Fodor Daniel came out of the goal in the 83rd minute to try and stop a shot by C. A. Pipon Pipon's Nicky Bryson. But to his dismay, Nicky Bryson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. In the 90th minute of the match, Antal Valentin got a very nice opportunity to score, but Jannes Ruttens was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 91 played minutes C. A. Pipon Pipon got a freekick which was hit by Cristóvão Ortiz. Jose José hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. The C. A. Pipon Pipon support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.