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厦门仙岳山大球场
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when 孔银磊 kicked off to start the match. Slovakia's Oliver Holub got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Metod Mlynar in the 7th minute of play forced 【FLY】厦门南山FC's goalkeeper 曲洋诚 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 12 minutes Slovakia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was 温响杰 who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that 温响杰 got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Henrich Slany quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Oliver Holub fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 曲洋诚 having to interfere. In the 23rd match minute, Slovakia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vít Biskup to maneuver through the defense. Metod Mlynar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 曲洋诚 having to interfere. Metod Mlynar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. 曲洋诚 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 曲洋诚 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vavrinec Koleno, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. 曲洋诚 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Metod Mlynar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 36 played minutes, Slovakia's Pavol Koleno shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper 曲洋诚 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 Slovakia reached it. Henrich Slany showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 孔银磊, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. 39 minutes into the game, Daniel Suchy was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Slovakia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 【FLY】厦门南山FC the free kick. After 39 played minutes Slovakia got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Suchy. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Metod Mlynar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Oliver Holub had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 曲洋诚. 【FLY】厦门南山FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Oliver Holub was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 曲洋诚 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Metod Mlynar in the 57th minute of play. In the 58th match minute, 【FLY】厦门南山FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 温响杰 to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 61 minutes, Metod Mlynar took a quick shot and it went in 0-2 without a chance for 曲洋诚 to make any attempt to save it. When 孔银磊 came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the 【FLY】厦门南山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 孔银磊 couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the Slovakia defense, 孔银磊 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Henrich Slany. The Slovakia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Henrich Slany should have stopped the shot. After 79 minutes, 温阳岚 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 【FLY】厦门南山FC and the Slovakia players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 79th match minute, 【FLY】厦门南山FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 温阳岚 to maneuver through the defense. If 孔银磊 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Slovakia getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Vít Biskup hit a great ball. Henrich Slany showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 孔银磊, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Slovakia's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.