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Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Koby Wright took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 6 minutes Canada's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Giannis Papoutsakis who took care of the corner kick. Karl-Åke Norling was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. José Sá made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rohan Watson in the 7th minute of play. 8 minutes into the match, Canada's goal looked a bit too open when Telis Ntasios came free, but Jax Williamson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 10 minutes Canada's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Giannis Papoutsakis who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on tHe SOnS of rAGnar's corner Giannis Papoutsakis fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jax Williamson quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rohan Watson in the 16th minute of play forced tHe SOnS of rAGnar's goalkeeper José Sá to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 20th minute, Laurence Snow hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jax Williamson made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Alexis Alexandris sent off a good shot on target. 23 minutes into the game, Alexis Alexandris recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Jax Williamson. Alexis Alexandris showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. In the 30th minute Koby Wright shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Sá saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Koby Wright scored 1-1 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of José Sá, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 34thth minute of the game Jan Dixon who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but tHe SOnS of rAGnar's José Sá was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 38 minutes into the game, Koby Wright cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. José Sá was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jax Williamson made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Alexis Alexandris sent off a good shot on target. Jax Williamson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Telis Ntasios, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Jan Dixon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Walter Giardino to make the kick off. When the match clock showed 53 minutes, the score became 1-4 when Jan Dixon sped through tHe SOnS of rAGnar's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of José Sá. José Sá was out of position in the 58 minute of play, and Carter George capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Carter George really showed his touch with that goal: 1-5. Canada made a substitution. Filip Edwards replaced Koby Wright. An unexpectedly hard shot by Walter Giardino in the 62nd minute of play forced Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Canada's Jax Williamson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Charis Leontiou in the 64th minute of play. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's José Sá played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Richard Mccarthy in the 68th minute of play. Canada's Prince Anderson was substituted for Carter George. 71 minutes into the game, Benjamin Mikolas threw the ball into play from the sideline. Canada's Luka Harris quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. José Sá showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Dixon in the 74th minute of the match. 75 minutes into the match, Jan Dixon dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of José Sá, 1-6. José Sá stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Filip Edwards's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. José Sá made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Jan Dixon sent off a good shot on target. In the 86th minute Walter Giardino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jax Williamson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Laurence Snow in the 89th minute of play forced Canada's goalkeeper Jax Williamson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Richard Mccarthy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without José Sá having to interfere. The tHe SOnS of rAGnar supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Canada's performance. The match ended with a win for Canada.