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Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when David Nyqvist made the kick off which started today's match. Roberto Eztebe made an important save on a dangerous shot by David Nyqvist in the 2nd minute. With a little luck, AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe got control of the ball when Raivo Ratas tried to sneak it across the goal line. Lino Rios might have been able to make a better finish in the 10th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Arnold Meijers. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lino Rios ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 10th minute Lino Rios shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arnold Meijers saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Rios in the 12th minute of play forced EC AliensCrazy 2023's goalkeeper Arnold Meijers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Raivo Ratas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Roberto Eztebe made a huge save. Raivo Ratas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Roberto Eztebe made a huge save. EC AliensCrazy 2023's Arnold Meijers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lino Rios in the 16th minute of play. In the 20th play minute Raivo Ratas came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Roberto Eztebe. 1-0. Arnold Meijers took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lino Rios, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, EC AliensCrazy 2023's Johannes Engman got a free kick in the 25th minute. Lino Rios fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnold Meijers having to interfere. If Germano Bettencourt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. EC AliensCrazy 2023's Arnold Meijers played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lino Rios in the 31st minute of play. Roberto Eztebe was a little too slow when David Nyqvist got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 32nd minute. The score was now 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Nyqvist in the 36th minute of play forced AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arnold Meijers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lino Rios in the 38th minute of the match. Raivo Ratas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Roberto Eztebe made a huge save. After a rather tough play, EC AliensCrazy 2023's Cássio Teles got a free kick in the 40th minute. Arnold Meijers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lino Rios, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Cássio Teles hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The supporters of AFC FUSION booed when EC AliensCrazy 2023 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 50 match minutes in a wonderful position. Johannes Engman didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 52 minutes of play, AFC FUSION's Lino Rios made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arnold Meijers was left in no man's land by his defense there! 57 minutes into the match, AFC FUSION's goal looked a bit too open when Raivo Ratas came free, but Roberto Eztebe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. AFC FUSION's Christoff Stocks was substituted for Guido Txindoki. Arnold Meijers made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Lino Rios sent off a good shot on target. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Christoff Stocks in the 69th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Arnold Meijers prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 71 minutes into the match, Dawid Beckham had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arnold Meijers. EC AliensCrazy 2023's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dawid Beckham was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Nyqvist in the 74th minute of the match. Arnold Meijers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan Hop, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. A collision led to EC AliensCrazy 2023 getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Jörgen Beckman hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Raivo Ratas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roberto Eztebe was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. EC AliensCrazy 2023's Arnold Meijers proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save EC AliensCrazy 2023 from getting a goal against them. Roberto Eztebe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Johannes Engman in the 84th minute of play. Arnold Meijers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christoff Stocks in the 85th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Rios in the 87th minute of play forced EC AliensCrazy 2023's goalkeeper Arnold Meijers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th minute, Christoff Stocks made a precise shot to the right of Arnold Meijers. EC AliensCrazy 2023's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-3. In the 92nd minute, Christoff Stocks made a precise shot to the right of Arnold Meijers. EC AliensCrazy 2023's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-4. AFC FUSION's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.