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Spectators: 9269 (Terracing: 6980, Seating: 2139, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Emanuel Avellino kicked off to start the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Liu Yuan Cheng managed to get in a good position for a shot. Victoria's supporters rose to their feet, but Liu Yuan Cheng was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aaron Tanti breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Stephan Blanco made in the 11th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Eleven Young Elephants's Vilmos Szikora. Eleven Young Elephants's Severino Bueno got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 石翀斌 hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Tommy Cauchi made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Enzo Perez sent off a good shot on target. Eleven Young Elephants's Aaron Tanti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stephan Blanco in the 20th minute of play. Tommy Cauchi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zlatko Zahovič, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A hard shot 26 in the game by Severino Bueno from a close distance when the talented Tommy Cauchi managed to make a qualified save. Victoria's players were relieved. In the 28th minute, Emanuel Avellino made a precise shot to the right of Aaron Tanti. Eleven Young Elephants's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After a rather tough play, Eleven Young Elephants's Carlo Camilleri got a free kick in the 31st minute. A collision led to Eleven Young Elephants getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Zlatko Zahovič hit a great ball. In the 38th minute, Severino Bueno left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Eleven Young Elephants fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Tommy Cauchi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zlatko Zahovič in the 44th minute of the match. Aaron Tanti didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emanuel Avellino went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Severino Bueno to make the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zlatko Zahovič in the 56th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tommy Cauchi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Tommy Cauchi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Severino Bueno, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aaron Tanti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fredrik Hylander in the 62nd minute of the match. With a little luck, Eleven Young Elephants's Aaron Tanti got control of the ball when Emanuel Avellino tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Severino Bueno in the 65th minute of play forced Victoria's goalkeeper Tommy Cauchi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 66th minute Severino Bueno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tommy Cauchi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 67th minute, Fabio Savona hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 72 minutes into the game, Liu Yuan Cheng cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Aaron Tanti was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Fabio Savona hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. The long shot by Stephan Blanco in the 79th minute really tested Aaron Tanti's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Tommy Cauchi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zlatko Zahovič, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. In the 81st minute, Zlatko Zahovič made a precise shot to the right of Tommy Cauchi. Victoria's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-3. Aaron Tanti made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emanuel Avellino in the 85th minute. António Silva's late challenge caught a Victoria's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. António Silva helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Eleven Young Elephants's António Silva got a free kick in the 85th minute. Fredrik Hylander sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Victoria's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.