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Loftus Road
Spectators: 7660 (Terracing: 5747, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nicasio Bero took the kick off in the first half of the match. If Nicasio Bero had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 7th minute, Nicasio Bero reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Sten Muren. The goal made the score 1-0. In the 14th minute, Mats Ugla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zhang Yao Hui took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fredrik Bratt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nicasio Bero's late challenge caught a Manchester City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nicasio Bero helped the player get up and apologised. In the 15th minute, Nicasio Bero hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Nicasio Bero managed to get in a good position for a shot. Queens Park Rangers F.C's supporters rose to their feet, but Nicasio Bero was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sten Muren breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ruben Rishaug could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Sten Muren made a huge save. 22 minutes into the match, Queens Park Rangers F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Fredrik Bratt came free, but Zhang Yao Hui reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 24th minute, Fredrik Bratt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sten Muren didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ruben Rishaug went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. In the 30th minute the ball was on its way in behind Queens Park Rangers F.C's goalkeeper Zhang Yao Hui, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Dante Reyniers charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dante Reyniers the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 32nd match minute, Queens Park Rangers F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dante Reyniers to maneuver through the defense. Queens Park Rangers F.C's Ruben Rishaug got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Ruben Rishaug had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 38th match minute, Queens Park Rangers F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ruben Rishaug to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 40 minutes, Fredrik Bratt put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Zhang Yao Hui. Sten Muren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicasio Bero in the 44th minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fredrik Bratt to make the kick off. Fredrik Bratt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tage Vallgren was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 60 minutes into the match. 60 minutes into the game, one of Queens Park Rangers F.C:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Zhang Yao Hui had in the 63rdth minute some difficulties stopping Sten Stolpe's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 2-2 came in the 63rd minute when Sten Stolpe all by himself managed to get straight through the defense and place the ball into the net to the right of Zhang Yao Hui. Manchester City made a substitution. Ture Backman replaced Sten Stolpe. The supporters of Manchester City booed when Queens Park Rangers F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ivar Lindgren didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Esbjörn Isaksson came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Manchester City 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 Esbjörn Isaksson couldn't finish the play. Nicasio Bero fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sten Muren having to interfere. In the 83rd minute, Wiktor Pedersson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zhang Yao Hui made a fantastic save in the 96th minute, when Fredrik Bratt sent off a good shot on target. In the 97th minute, Dante Reyniers hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Queens Park Rangers F.C had won after a very even match.