The Old Shire
Spectators: 10861 (Terracing: 8148,
Seating: 2497, VIP seats: 216) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Christoffer Öberg got the match started through his kick off. Adriano Colombi hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christoffer Öberg in the 6th minute of play forced ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇'s goalkeeper Zion Nakamura to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Xentrias were awarded a corner in the 8th minute after ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Albert Åberg took the corner. In the 11th match minute, ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Damiano Mameli to maneuver through the defense. When Christian Teodori fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇'s protests and gave Christian Teodori a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇'s Christian Teodori got a free kick in the 12th minute. Zion Nakamura showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pelle Rudqvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. The supporters of Xentrias booed when ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adriano Profeta didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 17 played minutes ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇ got a freekick which was hit by Florian Di Giuseppe. 22 minutes into the game, Adriano Profeta was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Xentrias the free kick. Xentrias's Pelle Rudqvist got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 31st minute, one of ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇. Zion Nakamura had in the 33rdth minute some difficulties stopping Aaron Kullgren's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Adriano Colombi hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. After 36 minutes, Rune Vennerkvist mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Xentrias and the ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Rune Vennerkvist kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. In the 45th minute, Christoffer Öberg got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Christian Teodori to make the kick off. Zion Nakamura made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pelle Rudqvist in the 53rd minute of play. Gunnar Jakobsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christian Teodori in the 54th minute of play. When Florian Di Giuseppe came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇ 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 Florian Di Giuseppe couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tsinamdzghvrishvili Kvaratskhelia in the 63rd minute of play forced Xentrias's goalkeeper Gunnar Jakobsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gunnar Jakobsson came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇'s Tsinamdzghvrishvili Kvaratskhelia. But to his dismay, Tsinamdzghvrishvili Kvaratskhelia quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. 65 minutes into the game, Ian Nordlander was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Xentrias's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇ the free kick. In the 66th minute, Ian Nordlander hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gunnar Jakobsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Teodori, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Christoffer Öberg hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Pelle Rudqvist's late challenge caught a ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pelle Rudqvist helped the player get up and apologised. Pelle Rudqvist hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Christoffer Öberg's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 75thth minute, Zion Nakamura skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Zion Nakamura took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pelle Rudqvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 80th minute Florian Di Giuseppe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gunnar Jakobsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gert Österberg's late challenge caught a ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gert Österberg helped the player get up and apologised. In the 81st match minute, Xentrias was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gert Österberg to maneuver through the defense. In the 83rd minute of the match ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇ got a corner. Xentrias's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Florian Di Giuseppe ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to ❇ᛗᛁᛏᚱᚺᚨᚾᛞᛁᚱ❇'s Damiano Mameli getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. 86 minutes into the match, Xentrias's Pelle Rudqvist sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zion Nakamura narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Zion Nakamura didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pelle Rudqvist went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 93rd minute, Demetrio Iachini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.
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