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Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 10959 (Terracing: 8220, Seating: 2521, VIP seats: 218) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nino Schurter got the match started through his kick off. Gregor Kobel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jorge Luna in the 4th minute of play. THE ROKERY PIMKIS's Jorge Luna got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jorge Luna blasted a shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gregor Kobel having to make a save. Francisco Mino kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alain Berset in the 22nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kiran Tomasini prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 26 minutes into the game, Ingo Minder was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Espen Steelers's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave THE ROKERY PIMKIS the free kick. Ingo Minder hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Jorge Luna received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Gregor Kobel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Espen Steelers's Gregor Kobel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernando Morientes in the 30th minute of play. Gregor Kobel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jorge Luna, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. In the 39th minute Stan Wawrinka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kiran Tomasini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alain Berset in the 40th minute of play forced THE ROKERY PIMKIS's goalkeeper Kiran Tomasini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorge Luna in the 43rd minute of play forced Espen Steelers's goalkeeper Gregor Kobel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 45 minutes had been played when some careless play by Espen Steelers's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alessandro Finotti was slow to take the kick. During this time THE ROKERY PIMKIS's players had a chance to rest. Alessandro Finotti made a great header on THE ROKERY PIMKIS's corner, it was just that Espen Steelers's Gregor Kobel managed to reach the ball for a save. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jorge Luna stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Kiran Tomasini stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alain Berset's shot from short distance in the 52nd minute. Espen Steelers's Gregor Kobel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save Espen Steelers from getting a goal against them. Espen Steelers's Gregor Kobel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernando Morientes in the 58th minute of play. THE ROKERY PIMKIS's attentive Ronny Simmen managed to snatch the ball when Marco Odermatt made a throw-in in the 61st minute of the game. Jorge Luna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Jorge Luna could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Gregor Kobel made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Espen Steelers's Patricio Clerc got a free kick in the 67th minute. Espen Steelers made a substitution. Rogelio Montez replaced Alain Berset. Espen Steelers made a substitution. Roman Beljean replaced Alberto Giacometti. A collision led to Espen Steelers getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Patricio Clerc hit a great ball. An unexpected shot in the 69th minute by Jorge Luna got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernando Morientes in the 75th minute of play forced Espen Steelers's goalkeeper Gregor Kobel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th minute the ball was on its way in behind Espen Steelers's goalkeeper Gregor Kobel, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 79 minutes into the match, Rogelio Montez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kiran Tomasini. THE ROKERY PIMKIS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rogelio Montez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. 88 minutes into the match, Espen Steelers's goal looked a bit too open when Fernando Morientes came free, but Gregor Kobel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Espen Steelers's Williams Imholz got a free kick in the 90th minute. Alessandro Finotti, 91 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Gregor Kobel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jorge Luna in the 93rd minute of play. In the 97th minute the ball was on its way in behind Espen Steelers's goalkeeper Gregor Kobel, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The Espen Steelers support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.