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Match Report
Karaliai Kingdom
Spectators: 7736 (Terracing: 5803,
Seating: 1779, VIP seats: 154) Nojus Bikas made the kick off and thus started the match. Kings were awarded a corner in the 5th minute after Khachatryan's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Victorino Marko took the corner. The corner ended in Victorino Marko almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Khachatryan's Jermaine Richmond did a great save. 8 minutes into the match, Kings's Nojus Bikas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jermaine Richmond narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 15th minute Sung McKinley shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haşim Batüralp saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 18th minute, Kings's Nojus Bikas ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jermaine Richmond. Jermaine Richmond yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. A collision led to Khachatryan getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Marquis Kenny hit a great ball. 27 minutes into the match, Kings's Nojus Bikas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jermaine Richmond narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 28th minute Kings were awarded a corner. Victorino Marko went to the cornerflag to take it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Merlin Castro in the 29th minute of play forced Kings's goalkeeper Haşim Batüralp to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nojus Bikas in the 31st minute of play forced Khachatryan's goalkeeper Jermaine Richmond to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jermaine Richmond showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nojus Bikas, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. A sloppy throw-in by Rocco Ball in the 33rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Khachatryan's Bin Baresi. Bin Baresi made in the 42nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Albert Paulíny. Haşim Batüralp made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albert Paulíny in the 43rd minute of play. Merlin Castro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Merlin Castro to make the kick off. Kings's Haşim Batüralp proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save Kings from getting a goal against them. Jermaine Richmond showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nojus Bikas, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. A throw-in in the 60th minute of the game was made by Antoine Schaefer with Ervin Huber as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Khachatryan's Grigor Grigoryan was substituted for Sung McKinley. 75 minutes into the match, Kings's goal looked a bit too open when Cesar Holland came free, but Haşim Batüralp reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 77 minutes into the game, Kings's Nojus Bikas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jermaine Richmond made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Jermaine Richmond showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nojus Bikas, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Haşim Batüralp stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Albert Paulíny's shot from short distance in the 81st minute. Haşim Batüralp stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Albert Paulíny's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Nojus Bikas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kings's supporters rose to their feet, but Nojus Bikas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jermaine Richmond breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Merlin Castro got free with Haşim Batüralp in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some careless play in the Kings defense, Merlin Castro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Haşim Batüralp. The Kings fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Haşim Batüralp should have stopped the shot. Khachatryan's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.
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