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Match Report
Arden Hills
Spectators: 7589 (Terracing: 5584,
Seating: 1875, VIP seats: 130) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Julio Rios started the match with the kick off. Haimon Moraitopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vicente Hilton in the 6th minute of the match. Arden Hills's Ulryk Tscherner played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damon Kenney in the 9th minute of play. After some careless play in the Arden Hills defense, Damon Kenney kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ulryk Tscherner. The Arden Hills fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ulryk Tscherner should have stopped the shot. Ulryk Tscherner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dirk McQueen in the 13th minute of the match. Luk Lucky who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 18thth minute tested the skills of Haimon Moraitopoulos when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After 19 played minutes Arden Hills got a freekick which was hit by Veniamin Agapiou. In the 20th minute of the match Dave Zamora sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ulryk Tscherner skillfully saved the ball. The audience was convinced that Julio Rios's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Haimon Moraitopoulos was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Dave Zamora hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. After 26 minutes of play, Arden Hills's Julio Rios made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Haimon Moraitopoulos was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luk Lucky had several of the Ditalent.F.C.'s defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 31 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-1 score and a disappointed Haimon Moraitopoulos as he didn't even see the shot coming. 38 minutes into the match, Aurelio Feldman sent off a long shot that looked like it was going straight into the goal, but because Haimon Moraitopoulos threw himself in his full length he managed to grip the ball by the left post, and there was no goal for Aurelio Feldman this time. 41 minutes into the match, Luk Lucky had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Haimon Moraitopoulos. Ditalent.F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luk Lucky was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. In the 44th minute of the match, Luk Lucky got a very nice opportunity to score, but Haimon Moraitopoulos was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 45 minutes into the game, Deng Zheng Ke was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ditalent.F.C.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Arden Hills the free kick. Deng Zheng Ke kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Ditalent.F.C.'s Jeramy Chaney got a free kick in the 46th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Ditalent.F.C.'s zone, Julio Rios stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Haimon Moraitopoulos came out of the goal and Julio Rios tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out 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 3-1.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Deng Zheng Ke stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52ndth minute of the game Julio Rios who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ditalent.F.C.'s Haimon Moraitopoulos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 56th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ditalent.F.C.'s goalkeeper Haimon Moraitopoulos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 57th match minute, Ditalent.F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dudley Puckett to maneuver through the defense. Haimon Moraitopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julio Rios in the 59th minute of the match. Ditalent.F.C.'s Deng Zheng Ke got his second yellow card of the match in the 62nd minute. The referee ordered Deng Zheng Ke off the ground. In the 62nd match minute, Ditalent.F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Deng Zheng Ke to maneuver through the defense. Haimon Moraitopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julio Rios, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Luk Lucky received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Haimon Moraitopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 71st minute, Dirk McQueen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ulryk Tscherner was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. When Arden Hills's Luk Lucky 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 Ditalent.F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Julio Rios in the 76th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Haimon Moraitopoulos saved Ditalent.F.C. from getting behind. Dirk McQueen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 83rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Luk Lucky recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 91 minutes Ditalent.F.C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Aurelio Feldman who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Arden Hills's corner Aurelio Feldman fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Haimon Moraitopoulos quite easily take care of the ball. Antonio Platt hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Ditalent.F.C.'s players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.
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