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云南昭通猛龙联队
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Tomas Illescas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Abraham Saleh having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 3rd minute of play forced 云南昭通猛龙联队's goalkeeper Abraham Saleh to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Petre Coja got free with Jonathan Ferrant in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Camilo Gaos hit a great ball. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. Venezuela's Jonathan Ferrant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hisham Mowafak in the 8th minute of play. Jonathan Ferrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Petre Coja in the 9th minute. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind 云南昭通猛龙联队's goalkeeper Abraham Saleh, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jonathan Ferrant was a little too slow when Hisham Mowafak got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 18th minute. The score was now 1-0. Gavril Lalchev kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Tomas Illescas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abraham Saleh was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. In the 30th match minute, 云南昭通猛龙联队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gavril Lalchev to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petre Coja in the 33rd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Abraham Saleh made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 35th minute of play. Abraham Saleh took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Illescas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 39th minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abraham Saleh saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 40 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Hisham Mowafak came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 43 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Costa. In the 43rd minute Hisham Mowafak 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. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hisham Mowafak to make the kick off. Patricio Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 50th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abraham Saleh having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Illescas in the 56th minute of play forced 云南昭通猛龙联队's goalkeeper Abraham Saleh to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 56 played minutes 云南昭通猛龙联队 got a freekick which was hit by 孙磊西. Abraham Saleh made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patricio Costa in the 59th minute of play. The 云南昭通猛龙联队 fans' excitement grew in the 63rd match minute when 云南昭通猛龙联队's Petre Coja 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 3-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Petre Coja sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Abraham Saleh 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 73rd minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Jonathan Venegas heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Jose Correa's late challenge caught a 云南昭通猛龙联队's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jose Correa helped the player get up and apologised. 82 minutes into the game, Tomas Illescas recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Abraham Saleh. Tomas Illescas showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-1. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. 云南昭通猛龙联队 had played much better football throughout.