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Midgård
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Ömer Demirci made the kick off and thus started the match. Hjalmar Håkansson received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Frank Matanov came out and tried to block the shot, but Hjalmar Håkansson slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 3rd minute. 6 minutes into the game, Ömer Demirci cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Robin Bäckström was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, The Northmen Army's Albertino Severiano got a free kick in the 10th minute. After having played for 10 minutes, Jelmer Pander managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cisco Birlik FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jelmer Pander was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 12th minute, Veysel Koçarslan made a precise shot to the right of Robin Bäckström. The Northmen Army's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Hjalmar Håkansson received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Frank Matanov came out and tried to block the shot, but Hjalmar Håkansson slotted it home off the left post making it 2-2 in the 14th minute. Ömer Demirci scored 2-3 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Robin Bäckström, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Frank Matanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hjalmar Håkansson in the 21st minute of the match. The Northmen Army's Robin Bäckström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mansur İzzet in the 22nd minute of play. Robin Bäckström came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by Cisco Birlik FC's Ömer Demirci. But to his dismay, Ömer Demirci quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-5. A collision led to The Northmen Army getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Hjalmar Håkansson hit a great ball. Robin Bäckström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ömer Demirci in the 33rd minute of play. In the 35th minute Hu Zhen Di shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frank Matanov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 37 minutes into the match, The Northmen Army's goal looked a bit too open when Ömer Demirci came free, but Robin Bäckström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 39th minute, The Northmen Army's Hjalmar Håkansson ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Frank Matanov. Frank Matanov yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-5. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ömer Demirci in the 42nd minute of play forced The Northmen Army's goalkeeper Robin Bäckström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Robin Bäckström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ömer Demirci in the 44th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ömer Demirci in the 46th minute of play forced The Northmen Army's goalkeeper Robin Bäckström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th match minute, The Northmen Army was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Igor Bozakov to maneuver through the defense. Disappointed in the 3-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Frank Matanov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hjalmar Håkansson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mansur İzzet recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ömer Demirci in the 56thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Robin Bäckström, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. The audience was convinced that Ömer Demirci's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Robin Bäckström was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. The Northmen Army's Teobald Polakowski was substituted for Christian Olofsson. The Northmen Army made a substitution. Kiko Zimbo replaced Hu Zhen Di. The Northmen Army's Kevin Näfver was substituted for Hao Yuan Guang. In the 60th minute Cisco Birlik FC were awarded a corner. Jelmer Pander went to the cornerflag to take it. Robin Bäckström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Veysel Koçarslan, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Cisco Birlik FC were awarded a corner in the 63th minute after The Northmen Army's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jelmer Pander took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Jelmer Pander got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Robin Bäckström quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Hjalmar Håkansson's late challenge caught a Cisco Birlik FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hjalmar Håkansson helped the player get up and apologised. In the 67th match minute, The Northmen Army was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hjalmar Håkansson to maneuver through the defense. 73 minutes into the match, Ömer Demirci had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Robin Bäckström. The Northmen Army's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ömer Demirci was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-6. Cisco Birlik FC made a substitution. Atabey Budaklı replaced Fedele Mussi. In the 80th match minute, Cisco Birlik FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Veysel Koçarslan to maneuver through the defense. Igor Bozakov made in the 84th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Fortunato Stefano however managed to control. Fortunato Stefano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mirza Togan in the 86th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Robin Bäckström saved The Northmen Army from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Cisco Birlik FC's Mansur İzzet got a free kick in the 87th minute. In the 93rd minute, Mirza Togan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Robin Bäckström was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-8. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Cisco Birlik FC had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.