Dream Arena
Spectators: 8021 (Terracing: 6018,
Seating: 1844, VIP seats: 159) Seraċini Għawdxin's Song Wei Yun 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. The audience was convinced that Flavio Cifuentes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bennvar Noobel was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelo Cavenaghi in the 9th minute of play forced Seraċini Għawdxin's goalkeeper Bennvar Noobel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Seraċini Għawdxin's Bennvar Noobel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Flavio Cifuentes in the 12th minute of play. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by Seraċini Għawdxin's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marcelo Cavenaghi was slow to take the kick. During this time Taltum FC's players had a chance to rest. 17 minutes into the match, Flavio Cifuentes notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Seraċini Għawdxin's Bennvar Noobel. Bennvar Noobel was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bennvar Noobel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Flavio Cifuentes in the 19th minute of the match. 21 minutes into the match, Flavio Cifuentes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bennvar Noobel. Seraċini Għawdxin's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Flavio Cifuentes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The crowd rose to their feet as Seraċini Għawdxin's Samuel Griffin slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Zhang Hao Qing. That made the score 1-2 after 27 minutes of play. The supporters of Seraċini Għawdxin booed when Taltum FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mattias Wickander didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Taltum FC booed when Seraċini Għawdxin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Miguel Caruana didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zhang Hao Qing made an important save on a dangerous shot by Song Wei Yun in the 40th minute. 41 minutes into the game, Miguel Caruana threw the ball into play from the sideline. Taltum FC's Andres Tufiño quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 45thth minute of the game Flavio Cifuentes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Seraċini Għawdxin's Bennvar Noobel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.
In the 59th match minute, Seraċini Għawdxin was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Neil Degabriele to maneuver through the defense. Roldan Castellanos took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 60th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Bennvar Noobel. Seraċini Għawdxin's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 61st minute Fernando Negro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zhang Hao Qing saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 63 minutes, Bennvar Noobel successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Zhang Hao Qing showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filip Bejrut in the 64th minute of the match. In the 65th minute Marcelo Cavenaghi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bennvar Noobel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zhang Hao Qing made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filip Bejrut in the 68th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernando Negro in the 70th minute of play forced Taltum FC's goalkeeper Zhang Hao Qing to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Taltum FC made a substitution. Espinosa Marco replaced Marcelo Cavenaghi. In the 73rd match minute, Taltum FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Urko Vinuesa to maneuver through the defense. Zhang Hao Qing came out of the goal in the 73rd minute to try and stop a shot by Seraċini Għawdxin's Neil Degabriele. But to his dismay, Neil Degabriele quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Espinosa Marco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Bennvar Noobel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zhang Hao Qing made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filip Bejrut in the 79th minute of play. Seraċini Għawdxin's Bennvar Noobel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Seraċini Għawdxin from getting a goal against them. Seraċini Għawdxin's Bennvar Noobel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save Seraċini Għawdxin from getting a goal against them. Espinosa Marco made a well adjusted shot against goal in the 89thth minute coming free in front of the goal, but Bennvar Noobel would not let the ball come through at any expense and made a nice save by the left post. Espinosa Marco could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Bennvar Noobel made a huge save. Taltum FC's Zhang Hao Qing played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernando Negro in the 91st minute of play. Espinosa Marco blasted a shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Bennvar Noobel having to make a save. 94 minutes into the match, Seraċini Għawdxin's goal looked a bit too open when Obregón Pardemanos came free, but Bennvar Noobel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.
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