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Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Puskas United's Jimmie Stephansson started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Ivan Björnsson hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Niklas Lundqvist kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Nestor Iratxo. That made the score 1-0 in the 6 minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 10 minutes, Nestor Iratxo successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 14 played minutes Puskas United got a freekick which was hit by Burni Backe. Niklas Lundqvist scored 2-0 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nestor Iratxo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Marcos Basso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jimmie Stephansson in the 21st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niklas Lundqvist in the 23rd minute of play forced Puskas United's goalkeeper Nestor Iratxo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Puskas United's Nestor Iratxo got control of the ball when Niklas Lundqvist tried to sneak it across the goal line. Puskas United's John Godholm got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nestor Iratxo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Herbert Holmgren in the 36th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Niklas Lundqvist got free with Nestor Iratxo in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Slawomir Cisek got free with Nestor Iratxo in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 41 minutes Puskas United's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ni Zhen Ying who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Ni Zhen Ying almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Puskas United's Nestor Iratxo did a great save. In the 45th minute, Andréas Åman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Niklas Lundqvist was the one to do the kick off. Marcos Basso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from John Godholm in the 59th minute of the match. Nestor Iratxo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bastian Von Axelson, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Nestor Iratxo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Niklas Lundqvist's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. The Shadows's Bastian Von Axelson got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oliver Gallberg in the 76th minute of play forced The Shadows's goalkeeper Marcos Basso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 79 minutes, Marcos Basso successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 81st minute of the match Puskas United got a corner. The Shadows's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jonatan Ivarsson ran over to the corner to take the kick. The Shadows's Bastian Von Axelson got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nestor Iratxo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Niklas Lundqvist in the 87th minute of play. In the 89th minute Niklas Lundqvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nestor Iratxo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nestor Iratxo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Herbert Holmgren, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. After 93 minutes of play, The Shadows's Bo á Bø made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nestor Iratxo was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Shadows were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Puskas United for a fine match.