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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tomas Illescas kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Tomas Illescas had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. 3 minutes into the game, Ivan Cristescu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. TAXI-MM-'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Venezuela the free kick. After a rather tough play, TAXI-MM-'s Ivan Cristescu got a free kick in the 4th minute. Jacek Krzynowek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Jonathan Ferrant tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Yuan Di Xing went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. When TAXI-MM-'s Bernardino Ipar in the 18th minute got a chance for a shot 18th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Venezuela's goalie prevented a goal. 19 minutes into the match, TAXI-MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Roberto Ocampo came free, but Martin Alexa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Roberto Ocampo in the 21st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Martin Alexa saved TAXI-MM- from getting behind. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Yuan Di Xing in the 23rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Ferrant prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Yuan Di Xing's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 27thth minute, Jonathan Ferrant skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yuan Di Xing, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. A throw-in in the 36th minute of the game was made by Stig-Åke Mager with Jacek Krzynowek as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Roberto Ocampo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Martin Alexa having to make a save. TAXI-MM-'s Martin Alexa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roberto Ocampo in the 39th minute of play. Jacek Krzynoweks short, quick shot in the 40thth minute got Jonathan Ferrant to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. A collision led to TAXI-MM- getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Yuan Di Xing hit a great ball. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Rigoberto Mina hit a great ball. 48 minutes into the game, TAXI-MM-'s Yuan Di Xing nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Ferrant made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Yuan Di Xing to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Yuan Di Xing 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. Rigoberto Mina's late challenge caught a TAXI-MM-'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rigoberto Mina helped the player get up and apologised. In the 54th minute, Rigoberto Mina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Jacek Krzynowek managed to get in a good position for a shot. TAXI-MM-'s supporters rose to their feet, but Jacek Krzynowek was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Ferrant breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Bernardino Ipar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yuan Di Xing, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yuan Di Xing in the 68th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, TAXI-MM-'s Costel Vasilescu got a free kick in the 72nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacek Krzynowek in the 78th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of TAXI-MM- booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jose Correa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jacek Krzynowek, 81 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Roberto Ocampo's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 86thth minute, Martin Alexa skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 90th minute the ball was on its way in behind TAXI-MM-'s goalkeeper Martin Alexa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jose Correa hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. After 94 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Costa. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yuan Di Xing, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. In the 97th minute TAXI-MM- were awarded a corner. Jacek Krzynowek went to the cornerflag to take it. There was no doubt that TAXI-MM- were the better team. TAXI-MM-'s players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.