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浙江杭州火神队
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Axel Tasis kicked off to start the match. When Axel Tasis came up free with the goalie in the 2nd minute, the Costa Rica fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Axel Tasis couldn't finish the play. 俞森朗 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aaron Alcocer, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 郭笑钢 in the 9th minute of play. Alexander Carballo charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alexander Carballo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Alexander Carballo kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, ≮亮劍≯ㄨ超越劍ㄨ→BEYOND's 巩建皓 got a free kick in the 12th minute. When 庞响昂 fell near the penalty area in the 16th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ≮亮劍≯ㄨ超越劍ㄨ→BEYOND's protests and gave 庞响昂 a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Costa Rica booed when ≮亮劍≯ㄨ超越劍ㄨ→BEYOND was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. 庞响昂 didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 17th minute, Lautaro Puig 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. After 18 minutes, 巩建皓 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ≮亮劍≯ㄨ超越劍ㄨ→BEYOND and the Costa Rica players grew even worse after the yellow card. 巩建皓 kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. Axel Tasis took the ball and in the 20 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised 俞森朗. 俞森朗 dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 24th match minute, ≮亮劍≯ㄨ超越劍ㄨ→BEYOND was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 巩建皓 to maneuver through the defense. When Eliseo Noboa came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the Costa Rica fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Eliseo Noboa couldn't finish the play. After 30 played minutes ≮亮劍≯ㄨ超越劍ㄨ→BEYOND got a freekick which was hit by 巩建皓. ≮亮劍≯ㄨ超越劍ㄨ→BEYOND's attentive 柯默耀 managed to snatch the ball when Hugo Ferrant made a throw-in in the 39th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that 郭笑钢's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benito Sanz was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 郭笑钢 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 郭笑钢 in the 62nd minute of the match. ≮亮劍≯ㄨ超越劍ㄨ→BEYOND's Hergen Hergt quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Hugo Ferrant, made in the 70th minute of the game. 俞森朗 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Axel Tasis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 宋康南 in the 77th minute of play. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 郭笑钢 in the 78th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, 宋康南 managed to get in a good position for a shot. ≮亮劍≯ㄨ超越劍ㄨ→BEYOND's supporters rose to their feet, but 宋康南 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benito Sanz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 88th minute 宋康南 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benito Sanz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aaron Alcocer hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Alan Moruga got a free kick in the 94th minute. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Costa Rica walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.