Estadio Saraza
Spectators: 7598 (Terracing: 5700,
Seating: 1747, VIP seats: 151) Furia XeneiZe's Clemente Gabirel 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. Mircea Urseanu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 2nd minute of the match, but Diogo Brito made a huge save. A collision led to Furia XeneiZe getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Ricardo Giro hit a great ball. Julian Sierocki recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Saraza's Mircea Urseanu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Diogo Brito. That made the score 1-0 after 8 minutes of play. 12 minutes into the match, Furia XeneiZe's goalkeeper Diogo Brito had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mircea Urseanu. In the 16th minute, Ricardo Giro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 17th minute, Mircea Urseanu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Diogo Brito. The goal made the score 2-0. Mircea Urseanu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Diogo Brito made a huge save. With his leg Diogo Brito managed to avoid a goal in the 31stth minute, when Saraza's Mircea Urseanu fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Diogo Brito was a little too slow when Mircea Urseanu got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 33rd minute. The score was now 4-0. Furia XeneiZe's defense didn't have a chance, in the 37th minute, when Mircea Urseanu scored to the left of an out of position Diogo Brito, making the score, 5-0. After 44 minutes of play, Saraza's Mircea Urseanu made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Diogo Brito was left in no man's land by his defense there!
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mircea Urseanu made a kick off. A collision led to Furia XeneiZe getting a freekick after 50 minutes play. Blas Belo hit a great ball. 51 minutes into the game, Mircea Urseanu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-0. Diogo Brito was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, Furia XeneiZe's Israel Paul got a free kick in the 54th minute. Furia XeneiZe's Diogo Brito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mircea Urseanu in the 55th minute of play. 59 minutes into the game, Saraza's Mircea Urseanu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Diogo Brito made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0. 62 minutes into the match, Julian Sierocki notched a goal, 9-0, to the right of Furia XeneiZe's Diogo Brito. Diogo Brito was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 67th minute Mircea Urseanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Diogo Brito saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 70 minutes into the match, Furia XeneiZe's goal looked a bit too open when Mircea Urseanu came free, but Diogo Brito reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Saraza's Mircea Urseanu got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Mircea Urseanu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Diogo Brito was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. After some careless play in the Furia XeneiZe defense, Mircea Urseanu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Diogo Brito. The Furia XeneiZe fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Diogo Brito should have stopped the shot. Mircea Urseanu took the ball and in the 80 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Diogo Brito. Diogo Brito dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 11-0. After having played for 83 minutes, Mircea Urseanu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Saraza's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mircea Urseanu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Lisian Boja might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Diogo Brito. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lisian Boja ran back to his position shaking his head. A sloppy throw-in by Julian Sierocki in the 90th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Furia XeneiZe's Israel Paul. 92 minutes into the game, Julian Sierocki was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Saraza's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Furia XeneiZe the free kick. The supporters of Furia XeneiZe booed when Saraza was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Julian Sierocki didn't get a good kick on the ball. Saraza'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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