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Match Report
Old Trafford
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33,
Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Malvin Lana took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 5th match minute, Czech Republic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kvetoslav Janku to maneuver through the defense. After 7 minutes, Erik Jilek mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Czech Republic and the Manchester United players grew even worse after the yellow card. Manchester United's Justo Saens was substituted for Teo Ubilla. After 9 played minutes Czech Republic got a freekick which was hit by Erik Jilek. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 9th minute of the game. One of Czech Republic:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Manchester United:s goal. Ildefonso Solanos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Vavrinec Holub tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 18 minutes into the match, Zumar Posse dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Vavrinec Holub, 2-0. In the 20th match minute, Manchester United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fix Aviñante to maneuver through the defense. Argider Ferrero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alan Rezek in the 21st minute of the match. Erik Jilek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Argider Ferrero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Denis Dostal kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. Vavrinec Holub showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Malvin Lana, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Vavrinec Holub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Malvin Lana in the 33rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Czech Republic's Erik Jilek got a free kick in the 34th minute. Vavrinec Holub made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Xove Tellado sent off a good shot on target. Vavrinec Holub showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Malvin Lana, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Erik Jilek made a kick off. Eugenio Penas charged in rather forcefully in the 52nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eugenio Penas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 52 played minutes Manchester United got a freekick which was hit by Eugenio Penas. After 53 minutes, Denis Dostal mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Czech Republic and the Manchester United players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 53 played minutes Czech Republic got a freekick which was hit by Denis Dostal. In the 56th match minute, Manchester United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enzo Llanos to maneuver through the defense. Manchester United's Argider Ferrero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Denis Dostal in the 66th minute of play. Vavrinec Holub showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xove Tellado, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Vavrinec Holub showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xove Tellado, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Argider Ferrero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Rusil in the 74th minute of play. Vavrinec Holub took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Malvin Lana, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 76th minute, Kvetoslav Janku hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Denis Dostal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Argider Ferrero having to interfere. When Fix Aviñante fell near the penalty area in the 85th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Manchester United's protests and gave Fix Aviñante a yellow card for diving instead. A hard shot by Erik Jilek from long distance, 87 minutes into the match, got Argider Ferrero's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Denis Dostal managed to get in a good position for a shot. Czech Republic's supporters rose to their feet, but Denis Dostal was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Argider Ferrero breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Argider Ferrero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Denis Dostal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Karel Blazek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Manchester United's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.
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