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Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 5 minutes in the game, Denis Ifrim dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. In the 7th minute, Niklas Lundqvist made a precise shot to the right of Emil Hägg. Bajenland's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fresco Sesse in the 9th minute of play forced The Shadows's goalkeeper Marcos Basso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Herbert Holmgrens short, quick shot in the 12thth minute got Emil Hägg to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Marcos Basso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano Croti in the 14th minute of the match. Emil Hägg was out of position in the 18 minute of play, and Niklas Lundqvist capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Niklas Lundqvist really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. The audience was convinced that Adriano Croti's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcos Basso was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. When Bajenland's Silvério Toscano in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye The Shadows's goalie prevented a goal. 31 minutes had been played when some careless play by Bajenland's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Herbert Holmgren was slow to take the kick. During this time The Shadows's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on The Shadows's corner Herbert Holmgren fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Emil Hägg quite easily take care of the ball. In the 33rd minute of the match, Bastian Von Axelson got a very nice opportunity to score, but Emil Hägg was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. It was a well-played corner which Niklas Lundqvist managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Marcos Basso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Denis Ifrim, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcos Basso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adriano Croti in the 38th minute of play. Marcos Basso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Denis Ifrim in the 40th minute of the match. Emil Hägg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Niklas Lundqvist in the 45th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fresco Sesse stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Marcos Basso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denis Ifrim in the 54th minute of play. Marcos Basso made a fantastic save in the 56th minute, when Adriano Croti sent off a good shot on target. Emil Hägg 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 59th minute. The The Shadows fans' excitement grew in the 62nd match minute when The Shadows's Niklas Lundqvist looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Marcos Basso made an important save on a dangerous shot by Adriano Croti in the 65th minute. In the 69th minute Niklas Lundqvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emil Hägg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Denis Ifrims short, quick shot in the 70thth minute got Marcos Basso to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Emil Hägg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Niklas Lundqvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Shadows's Marcos Basso proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save The Shadows from getting a goal against them. Marcos Basso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adriano Croti, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. With his leg Marcos Basso managed to avoid a goal in the 87thth minute, when Bajenland's Fresco Sesse fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 88 minutes into the game, Niklas Lundqvist cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Emil Hägg was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Bajenland's Jonathan Lindsten was substituted for Adriano Croti. The Shadows made a substitution. Ni Zhen Ying replaced Ni Yu Feng. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. The Shadows had won after a very even match.