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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 严泉洲 started the match with the kick off. If Patricio Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 周剑峰 kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's 狄岩云 managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Camilo Gaos in the 13 minute of the game. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 严泉洲, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. In the 16th minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 刘弘军 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Patricio Costa took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised 刘弘军. 刘弘军 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. Venezuela's Salvador Gisbert got a good chance for a goal in the 22nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. 何迅晨 hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 31st minute of play forced ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's goalkeeper 刘弘军 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If 狄岩云 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 刘弘军 was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. Guillermo Mariano made in the 42nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Tomas Illescas. Venezuela's defense didn't have a chance, in the 46th minute, when Leon Goretskiy scored to the left of an out of position Jonathan Ferrant, making the score, 1-1. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Tomas Illescas made the kick off in the second half. Leon Goretskiy made in the 52nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and 何迅晨 immediately put the ball in play. An unexpectedly hard shot by 何迅晨 in the 52nd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 严泉洲 in the 55th minute of play. 56 minutes into the game, one of ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Tomas Illescas shot the penalty kick right outside the post. ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's 傅明誉 got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 傅明誉 in the 67th minute of play. Guillermo Mariano made in the 75th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's 狄岩云. After 76 minutes of play, ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's 傅明誉 made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 87th minute 傅明誉 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 booed when Venezuela was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patricio Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. 97 minutes into the match, 傅明誉 notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant. Jonathan Ferrant was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.