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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 严泉洲 got the match started through his kick off. After 4 minutes, 周剑峰 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 and the Venezuela players grew even worse after the yellow card. 周剑峰 hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 7th 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. A collision led to ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. 傅明誉 hit a great ball. In the 18th minute of the match ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 got a corner. Venezuela's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. 狄岩云 ran over to the corner to take the kick. 狄岩云 made a great header on ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's corner, it was just that Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant managed to reach the ball for a save. After a rather tough play, ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's 周剑峰 got a free kick in the 29th minute. 周剑峰 hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. 刘弘军 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 34th minute of the match. 严泉洲 hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. 刘弘军 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Illescas, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Guillermo Mariano charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Guillermo Mariano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. 陆亦然 hit a great ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

In the 52nd minute, Patricio Costa reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of 刘弘军. The goal made the score 1-1. The ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 fans' excitement grew in the 58th match minute when ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's 傅明誉 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 2-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 65th minute, 严泉洲 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 刘弘军 having to interfere. Jonathan Ferrant stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 傅明誉's shot from short distance in the 70th minute. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Tomas Illescas hit a great ball. Jonathan Ferrant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 傅明誉 in the 78th minute of the match. In the 80th minute ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 were awarded a corner. 狄岩云 went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 81st minute, 严泉洲 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. A collision led to ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. 周剑峰 hit a great ball. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 傅明誉, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. After 86 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Costa. After a rather tough play, ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's 何迅晨 got a free kick in the 89th minute. With a little luck, ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦's 刘弘军 got control of the ball when Tomas Illescas tried to sneak it across the goal line. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The ≮Empire≯ 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦 fans cheered their team off the field, for while Venezuela had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.