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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Christian Almkvist got the match started through his kick off. After some careless play in the Santa Margarita defense, Christian Almkvist kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pontus Nordström. The Santa Margarita fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pontus Nordström should have stopped the shot. Christian Almkvist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Pontus Nordström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pontus Nordström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Almkvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Saul Roman in the 14th minute. Ralf Allgöwer was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Xiao Ting Yang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Witomir Pisarczyk in the 20th minute of play. 27 minutes into the match, C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Christian Almkvist sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pontus Nordström narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind Santa Margarita's goalkeeper Pontus Nordström, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Christian Almkvist struck a weak shot in the 32nd minute. Pontus Nordström didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07. Witomir Pisarczyk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Xiao Ting Yang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Witomir Pisarczyk in the 34th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Witomir Pisarczyk in the 43rd minute of play forced C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's goalkeeper Xiao Ting Yang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 47 minutes into the game, Witomir Pisarczyk cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Xiao Ting Yang was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

A sloppy throw-in by Nicklas Matsson in the 55th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Bonifacio Abascal. Xiao Ting Yang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Witomir Pisarczyk in the 57th minute of the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07 fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 61st minute. Penalty! 64 minutes into the match, Santa Margarita's goal looked a bit too open when Ralf Allgöwer came free, but Pontus Nordström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Santa Margarita's Pontus Nordström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christian Almkvist in the 66th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Santa Margarita's Witomir Pisarczyk slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Xiao Ting Yang. That made the score 1-2 after 67 minutes of play. Santa Margarita's Klaus Mohammadi was substituted for Gerardo Lordi. C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Indar Albizua was substituted for Christian Almkvist. C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07 made a substitution. Alvar Llinares replaced Manuel Lopez de Toro. Santa Margarita's Mauro Icardi was substituted for Witomir Pisarczyk. 74 minutes into the match, Santa Margarita's goal looked a bit too open when Indar Albizua came free, but Pontus Nordström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 77th minute the ball was on its way in behind Santa Margarita's goalkeeper Pontus Nordström, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Santa Margarita made a substitution. Wendell Davids replaced Enzo Peruxu. C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Saul Roman in the 79th minute. The audience was convinced that Mauro Icardi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Xiao Ting Yang was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. Indar Albizua's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pontus Nordström read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 87th minute of play. C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07 were awarded a corner in the 88th minute after Santa Margarita's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Saul Roman took the corner. After taking down the ball on C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's corner Victor Unesson fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Pontus Nordström quite easily take care of the ball. Mauro Icardis short, quick shot in the 95thth minute got Xiao Ting Yang to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 98 minutes into the match, C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Indar Albizua sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pontus Nordström narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.