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Paolo Maldini
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) AC Milan's Yan Paraíba 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. Hafriz Kang's late challenge caught a AC Milan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hafriz Kang helped the player get up and apologised. Adalberto Salgado's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ciro do Valle read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 10th minute of play. After 11 minutes, Magno Sanches mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AC Milan and the Havre players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 11th minute, Magno Sanches hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ciro do Valle showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gildo Porto in the 14th minute of the match. In the 22nd minute, Tom Boy made a precise shot to the right of Ciro do Valle. AC Milan's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. If Adalberto Salgado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the AC Milan defense, Gildo Porto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ciro do Valle. The AC Milan fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ciro do Valle should have stopped the shot. Ciro do Valle showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adalberto Salgado in the 31st minute of the match. Thanks to some nice moves Robinho Maciel could shoot a difficult shot in the 32nd minute, which Jaime Paes however easily saved by the left post. 36 minutes into the match, AC Milan's goal looked a bit too open when Tom Boy came free, but Ciro do Valle reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 40th match minute, AC Milan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Magno Sanches to maneuver through the defense. After 41 minutes of play, Havre's Adalberto Salgado made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ciro do Valle was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

The wind increased when Tom Boy made the kick off in the second half. Gildo Porto 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. In the 54thth minute of the game Tom Boy who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AC Milan's Ciro do Valle was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a little luck, AC Milan's Ciro do Valle got control of the ball when Gildo Porto tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Magno Sanches was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 59 minutes had been played. In the 61st minute Adalberto Salgado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ciro do Valle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Graig Ho struck a weak shot in the 69th minute. Ciro do Valle didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Havre. Ciro do Valle was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Gildo Porto showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-6 in the 71 minute of play. Adalberto Salgado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ciro do Valle having to interfere. 84 minutes into the match, AC Milan's goal looked a bit too open when Tom Boy came free, but Ciro do Valle reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Robinho Maciel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Graig Ho fell near the penalty area in the 87th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Havre's protests and gave Graig Ho a yellow card for diving instead. 92 minutes into the match, Havre's Hafriz Kang sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ciro do Valle narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 94th minute of the match, Graig Ho tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ciro do Valle saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Graig Ho in the 94th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ciro do Valle prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Tom Boy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.