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ARENA ITAFUT 4EVER
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Boguslaw Tarasek took the kick off in the first half of the match. Boguslaw Tarasek could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Jax Williamson made a huge save. José Sand blasted a shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jax Williamson having to make a save. ITAFUT 4EVER's Nilson Peres played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luka Harris in the 8th minute of play. In the 9th minute of the match Canada got a corner. ITAFUT 4EVER's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Koby Wright ran over to the corner to take the kick. Carter George made a great header on Canada's corner, it was just that ITAFUT 4EVER's Nilson Peres managed to reach the ball for a save. Nilson Peres took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Koby Wright, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 16th minute, José Sand made a precise shot to the right of Jax Williamson. Canada's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Boguslaw Tarasek hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the ITAFUT 4EVER defense, Richard Mccarthy kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nilson Peres. The ITAFUT 4EVER fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nilson Peres should have stopped the shot. When Canada's Jan Dixon in the 22nd minute got a chance for a shot 22nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ITAFUT 4EVER's goalie prevented a goal. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 27th minute, but Jax Williamson got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving Canada hanging dry this time. In the 28th minute of the match ITAFUT 4EVER got a corner. Canada's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. José Sand ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 29th minute, Jordan Henderson 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. 31 minutes into the game, one of ITAFUT 4EVER:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. ITAFUT 4EVER:s Nilson Peres showed great skill when he stopped Koby Wright:s penalty. ITAFUT 4EVER's Nilson Peres played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jan Dixon in the 34th minute of play. Canada's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Koby Wright in the 35th minute. The audience was convinced that Jan Dixon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nilson Peres was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. Jax Williamson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Sand, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 43 minutes had been played when some careless play by Canada's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. José Sand was slow to take the kick. During this time ITAFUT 4EVER's players had a chance to rest. 46 minutes into the game, Canada's Koby Wright nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nilson Peres made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Koby Wright to make the kick off. With an all-out effort, Canada's Nilson Peres threw himself towards the right post 52 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Richard Mccarthy, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Robert Arboleda made in the 55th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Canada's Eric Hill. Canada's Filip Edwards was substituted for Koby Wright. Jax Williamson came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by ITAFUT 4EVER's José Sand. But to his dismay, José Sand quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. ITAFUT 4EVER's Sidney Bertassi was substituted for Boguslaw Tarasek. Jax Williamson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jardel Baggio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 70th minute of the match ITAFUT 4EVER got a corner. Canada's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sidney Bertassi ran over to the corner to take the kick. Jan Dixon blasted a shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nilson Peres having to make a save. When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Jan Dixon took a quick shot and it went in 3-3 without a chance for Nilson Peres to make any attempt to save it. ITAFUT 4EVER's Nilson Peres proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save ITAFUT 4EVER from getting a goal against them. Jax Williamson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sidney Bertassi, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. 81 minutes into the match, ITAFUT 4EVER's Jardel Baggio sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jax Williamson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 83rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Nilson Peres showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Richard Mccarthy in the 84th minute of the match. 90 minutes into the match, ITAFUT 4EVER's Jardel Baggio sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jax Williamson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 93 minutes into the match, ITAFUT 4EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Filip Edwards came free, but Nilson Peres reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jax Williamson came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by ITAFUT 4EVER's Jardel Baggio. But to his dismay, Jardel Baggio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-3. Canada's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.