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天空之城
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) ≮王者归来≯东风夜放花千树's 邓鸿光 started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Paraguay's Jacobo Nores proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Paraguay from getting a goal against them. 邓鸿光 succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 4th playminute. 11 minutes into the game, 邓鸿光 cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Jacobo Nores was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 秦强's late challenge caught a Paraguay's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 秦强 helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to ≮王者归来≯东风夜放花千树 getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. 秦强 hit a great ball. After 14 played minutes, Paraguay's Primitivo Escribano shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper 沈诚庭 came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Paraguay reached it. 傅谦泉 made in the 19th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Paraguay's Xavier Zoido. In the 25th match minute, Paraguay was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hector Covarrubias to maneuver through the defense. 方昂军 made in the 27th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which 康翀克 however managed to control. After 27 minutes, 邓鸿光 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ≮王者归来≯东风夜放花千树 and the Paraguay players grew even worse after the yellow card. Jaime Pardo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. 沈诚庭 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in ≮王者归来≯东风夜放花千树's zone, Hector Covarrubias stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 沈诚庭 came out of the goal and Hector Covarrubias tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The crowd rose to their feet as ≮王者归来≯东风夜放花千树's 邓鸿光 slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jacobo Nores. That made the score 3-0 after 33 minutes of play. 沈诚庭 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaime Pardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. The supporters of ≮王者归来≯东风夜放花千树 booed when Paraguay was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Primitivo Escribano didn't get a good kick on the ball. 42 minutes into the match, ≮王者归来≯东风夜放花千树's goal looked a bit too open when Jaime Pardo came free, but 沈诚庭 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Raul Venegas's late challenge caught a ≮王者归来≯东风夜放花千树's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Raul Venegas helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Paraguay getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Raul Venegas 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 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jaime Pardo to make the kick off. With a little luck, ≮王者归来≯东风夜放花千树's 沈诚庭 got control of the ball when Hector Covarrubias tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some careless play in the ≮王者归来≯东风夜放花千树 defense, Primitivo Escribano kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 沈诚庭. The ≮王者归来≯东风夜放花千树 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 沈诚庭 should have stopped the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Jaime Pardo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Paraguay's supporters rose to their feet, but Jaime Pardo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 沈诚庭 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Paraguay's Primitivo Escribano got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The throw-in from 傅谦泉 in the 83rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Paraguay's Ivan Prats. 傅谦泉 hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Juan Diego Tenorio hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. In the 91st minute, Raul Venegas 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. Paraguay's Raul Venegas managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by 方昂军 in the 94 minute of the game. The ≮王者归来≯东风夜放花千树 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.