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Commerzbank-Arena
Spectators: 8457 (Terracing: 6344, Seating: 1944, VIP seats: 169) Hiperbórea's Adélio Seabra started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 3 minutes into the game, Joel Malta was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Hiperbórea's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave malaiko the free kick. Teofilo Cubillas hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Tiago Ferrão could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Henrique Prada made a huge save. In the 12th minute, Marc Young hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Adélio Seabra scored 1-0 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Henrique Prada, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 18th minute of the match, Kostas Loizos got a very nice opportunity to score, but Henrique Prada was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Tiago Ferrão's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 18thth minute, Henrique Prada skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 23 minutes into the game, Gonçalo Pinho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Henrique Tinoco was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Josh Jeffries in the 27th minute of play forced Hiperbórea's goalkeeper Henrique Tinoco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 29 minutes into the match, Tiago Ferrão had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Henrique Prada. malaiko's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tiago Ferrão was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. After a rather tough play, Hiperbórea's Joel Malta got a free kick in the 35th minute. In the 36th minute of the match Miguel Quintas sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Henrique Tinoco skillfully saved the ball. After 38 played minutes malaiko got a freekick which was hit by Donato Madeira. Teofilo Cubillas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henrique Tinoco having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marc Young stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, malaiko's Marc Young got a free kick in the 51st minute. Henrique Prada made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adélio Seabra in the 54th minute of play. In the 56th minute, Adélio Seabra ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Henrique Prada was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Henrique Tinoco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gonçalo Pinho, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Henrique Prada showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tiago Ferrão in the 65th minute of the match. malaiko's Filipe Borges was substituted for Teofilo Cubillas. 69 minutes into the game, Gonçalo Pinho threw the ball into play from the sideline. Hiperbórea's Dário Baptista quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Adélio Seabra might have been able to make a better finish in the 70th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Henrique Prada. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Adélio Seabra ran back to his position shaking his head. Hiperbórea's Vladimiro Caires was substituted for Kostas Loizos. A collision led to malaiko getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Jacinto Telinhos hit a great ball. When Hiperbórea's Adélio Seabra in the 74th minute got a chance for a shot 74th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye malaiko's goalie prevented a goal. Henrique Prada showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dário Baptista in the 76th minute of the match. After 77 minutes, Abel Ferreira mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the malaiko and the Hiperbórea players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, malaiko's Abel Ferreira got a free kick in the 77th minute. Henrique Prada showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tiago Ferrão in the 82nd minute of the match. 86 minutes into the game, Hiperbórea's Tiago Ferrão nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Henrique Prada made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. In the 90th minute Tiago Ferrão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henrique Prada saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Henrique Prada didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adélio Seabra went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score.