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Ursus Magura Buzau
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joel Gaona got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of Mexico booed when -BZF- Ursus Magura was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dorin Lovin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Espen Lyngsby came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Joel Gaona. But to his dismay, Joel Gaona quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Mihăiţă Vergulescu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, -BZF- Ursus Magura's Nicolas Whitmore got a free kick in the 10th minute. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claudiu Şerbănoiu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Espen Lyngsby took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luca Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 18 minutes into the match, -BZF- Ursus Magura's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Espen Lyngsby reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Claudiu Şerbănoiu tried to sneak it across the goal line. Espen Lyngsby took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Facundo Cadaval, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Espen Lyngsby showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. After 24 played minutes Mihăiţă Vergulescu rounded Mexico's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-1. Espen Lyngsby showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luca Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Espen Lyngsby stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luca Zorita's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. In the 31st minute, Joel Gaona left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mexico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mihăiţă Vergulescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 37th minute Claudiu Şerbănoiu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante Lacasa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 38th minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Espen Lyngsby saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Espen Lyngsby showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 42nd minute of the match. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Nicolas Whitmore tried to sneak it across the goal line. 47 minutes into the match, Claudiu Şerbănoiu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Claudiu Şerbănoiu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Alberto Tafalla got free with Espen Lyngsby in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 62nd match minute, -BZF- Ursus Magura was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edvin Tinglöv to maneuver through the defense. -BZF- Ursus Magura made a substitution. Iwan Pusiak replaced Aurel Bălăiță. -BZF- Ursus Magura made a substitution. Duddu Georgescu replaced Edvin Tinglöv. After 64 played minutes -BZF- Ursus Magura got a freekick which was hit by Edvin Tinglöv. Espen Lyngsby took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Espen Lyngsby made a huge save. Espen Lyngsby made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 72nd minute. Espen Lyngsby made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 73rd minute of play. In the 76th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. -BZF- Ursus Magura's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joel Gaona ran over to the corner to take the kick. Joel Gaona made a great header on Mexico's corner, it was just that -BZF- Ursus Magura's Espen Lyngsby managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 77th minute Nicolas Whitmore shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante Lacasa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Facundo Cadaval in the 79th minute of play forced -BZF- Ursus Magura's goalkeeper Espen Lyngsby to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Witold Trela's late challenge caught a Mexico's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Witold Trela helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, -BZF- Ursus Magura's Witold Trela got a free kick in the 82nd minute. Instead of passing the ball, Joel Gaona made a really hard long shot towards goal. -BZF- Ursus Magura's Espen Lyngsby realized he got lucky when he saw the ball passing the outside of the left post. The referee felt a red card was in order, 87 minutes into the game, when Cristi Dinu put in a rough tackle. 87 minutes into the game, one of -BZF- Ursus Magura:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The goalkeeper, Espen Lyngsby, was totally fooled by Mexico's Joel Gaona, who 89 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. In the 92nd minute Luca Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Espen Lyngsby saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luca Zorita succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-4 in the 92nd playminute. -BZF- Ursus Magura's Espen Lyngsby proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save -BZF- Ursus Magura from getting a goal against them. Mexico played a much better game than -BZF- Ursus Magura and deserved their victory. The -BZF- Ursus Magura players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.