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厦门仙岳山大球场
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Moises Fernandino got the match started through his kick off. When El Salvador's Moises Fernandino in the 4th minute got a chance for a shot 4th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye 【FLY】厦门南山FC's goalie prevented a goal. El Salvador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Mateo Leguizamo in the 6th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorge Magrina in the 7th minute of play forced 【FLY】厦门南山FC's goalkeeper 曲洋诚 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 13th minute El Salvador were awarded a corner. Mateo Leguizamo went to the cornerflag to take it. Mateo Leguizamo made a great header on El Salvador's corner, it was just that 【FLY】厦门南山FC's 曲洋诚 managed to reach the ball for a save. 曲洋诚 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Moises Fernandino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 16th minute, Moises Fernandino made a precise shot to the right of 曲洋诚. 【FLY】厦门南山FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by 于剑卫 during the 24th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 24th minute, 于剑卫 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moises Fernandino in the 29th minute of play forced 【FLY】厦门南山FC's goalkeeper 曲洋诚 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Moises Fernandino came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the El Salvador 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 Moises Fernandino couldn't finish the play. 曲洋诚 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Moises Fernandino in the 35th minute of the match. After 37 played minutes El Salvador got a freekick which was hit by Luis Rubio. 【FLY】厦门南山FC were awarded a corner in the 40th minute after El Salvador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. 孔银磊 took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of El Salvador's goalie and right to 温阳岚. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. El Salvador's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 孔银磊 did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-1 to the left of a surprised Ricardo Zorita 46 minutes into the match. 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 players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. 孔银磊 was the one to do the kick off. El Salvador's Moises Fernandino got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by 孔银磊 in the 57th minute of play forced El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 62 minutes into the match, El Salvador's Moises Fernandino sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that 曲洋诚 narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 72nd minute, 庞真俊 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 74 played minutes El Salvador got a freekick which was hit by Marco Tamayo. After 75 played minutes 【FLY】厦门南山FC got a freekick which was hit by 庞真俊. In the 79th minute Abram Luque shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 曲洋诚 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the 【FLY】厦门南山FC defense, Abram Luque kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 曲洋诚. The 【FLY】厦门南山FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 曲洋诚 should have stopped the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 孔银磊 in the 95th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ricardo Zorita saved El Salvador from getting behind. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched El Salvador eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.