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CARLOS SALVADOR
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off. 9 minutes into the match, 【E ➣ Gatorei 1976's 马海乐 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, 【E ➣ Gatorei 1976's Leon Farias got a free kick in the 15th minute. Jerom Quvelirs showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cassius Byrne, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Maksymilian Sitko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when 马海乐 got free with Marco Day in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Maksymilian Sitko struck a weak shot in the 38th minute. Marco Day didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for 【E ➣ Gatorei 1976. 【E ➣ Gatorei 1976's Jerom Quvelirs played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 41st minute of play. In the 42nd minute, Maksymilian Sitko 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 45 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Cassius Byrne. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dabi Lorden stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Maksymilian Sitko struck a weak shot in the 51st minute. Marco Day didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for 【E ➣ Gatorei 1976. Jerom Quvelirs made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 54th minute of play. If Maksymilian Sitko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to 【E ➣ Gatorei 1976 getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Per Stiig Beisel hit a great ball. In the 59th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jerom Quvelirs saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ladislao Ticho kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Monty Rogers could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Jerom Quvelirs made a huge save. Oso Adolfsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Edward Mcdonald managed to get in a good position for a shot. USA's supporters rose to their feet, but Edward Mcdonald was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jerom Quvelirs breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maksymilian Sitko, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eugenio Mogel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 89th minute Marco Baker shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jerom Quvelirs saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 91 minutes into the match, Khalid Parry had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jerom Quvelirs. 【E ➣ Gatorei 1976's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Khalid Parry was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. USA's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because 【E ➣ Gatorei 1976 had won, even though USA had held more of the ball.