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GreenUnited Arena
Spectators: 8610 (Terracing: 6458, Seating: 1980, VIP seats: 172) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Max Stevens got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xande Cavani in the 4th minute of play forced GreenUnited's goalkeeper Sebastián Torrico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee felt a red card was in order, 10 minutes into the game, when Sun Yang Yue put in a rough tackle. 10 minutes into the game, one of VERDOLAGA CITY FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. A collision led to GreenUnited getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Joao Zuazo hit a great ball. In the 14th minute, Romeu Alagoano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 15 played minutes, VERDOLAGA CITY FC's Huang Xi Feng shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Sebastián Torrico came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in VERDOLAGA CITY FC reached it. In the 16th minute VERDOLAGA CITY FC were awarded a corner. Huang Xi Feng went to the cornerflag to take it. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by GreenUnited's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Huang Xi Feng was slow to take the kick. During this time VERDOLAGA CITY FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Alexis Henríquez almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but GreenUnited's Sebastián Torrico did a great save. After some careless play in the GreenUnited defense, Huang Xi Feng kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sebastián Torrico. The GreenUnited fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sebastián Torrico should have stopped the shot. With a little luck, VERDOLAGA CITY FC's Vicente Davalos got control of the ball when Max Stevens tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to GreenUnited getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Joao Zuazo hit a great ball. In the 36th minute Xande Cavani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastián Torrico saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Gudesteo Peñas came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the VERDOLAGA CITY FC 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 Gudesteo Peñas couldn't finish the play. Daniel Dănilă kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Xande Cavani to strike the kick off in the second half. Alexis Henríquez took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 56th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Sebastián Torrico. GreenUnited's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Vicente Davalos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yaman Akar, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Huang Xi Feng sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. GreenUnited made a substitution. Max Farr replaced Joao Zuazo. VERDOLAGA CITY FC's Vicente Davalos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yaman Akar in the 63rd minute of play. In the 73rd minute Max Farr shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vicente Davalos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Max Farr in the 73rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vicente Davalos saved VERDOLAGA CITY FC from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xande Cavani in the 79th minute of play forced GreenUnited's goalkeeper Sebastián Torrico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 80th match minute, VERDOLAGA CITY FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oriche Isazi to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xande Cavani in the 83rd minute of play forced GreenUnited's goalkeeper Sebastián Torrico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. VERDOLAGA CITY FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Huang Xi Feng in the 84th minute. After taking down the ball on VERDOLAGA CITY FC's corner Huang Xi Feng fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Sebastián Torrico quite easily take care of the ball. Vicente Davalos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Max Farr in the 87th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yaman Akar in the 92nd minute of play forced VERDOLAGA CITY FC's goalkeeper Vicente Davalos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of GreenUnited booed when VERDOLAGA CITY FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Oriche Isazi didn't get a good kick on the ball.