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星城竞技场Star City Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Paraguay's Jaime Pardo 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. The throw-in from 任寒军 in the 9th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Paraguay's Xavier Zoido. After 12 minutes, 许旭帆 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ☆冰谷☆ Star City F.C. and the Paraguay players grew even worse after the yellow card. 许旭帆 hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. 16 minutes into the game, 任寒军 threw the ball into play from the sideline. Paraguay's Alan Campos quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After a rather tough play, ☆冰谷☆ Star City F.C.'s 许旭帆 got a free kick in the 17th minute. 邱翔奕 charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 邱翔奕 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 22nd minute, 邱翔奕 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 23 minutes into the game, one of Paraguay:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. ☆冰谷☆ Star City F.C.'s 李杰飞 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jaime Pardo in the 32nd minute of play. The throw-in from 任寒军 in the 36th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Paraguay's Primitivo Escribano. 李杰飞 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hector Covarrubias, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. A collision led to ☆冰谷☆ Star City F.C. getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. 邱翔奕 hit a great ball. Hector Covarrubias's late challenge caught a ☆冰谷☆ Star City F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hector Covarrubias helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Paraguay getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Hector Covarrubias hit a great ball. After some careless play in the ☆冰谷☆ Star City F.C. defense, Hector Covarrubias kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 李杰飞. The ☆冰谷☆ Star City F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 李杰飞 should have stopped the shot. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The wind increased when 于林镇 made the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling 于林镇 in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jacobo Nores prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 54 minutes into the match, Paraguay's goal looked a bit too open when 于林镇 came free, but Jacobo Nores reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of ☆冰谷☆ Star City F.C. booed when Paraguay was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jaime Pardo didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 87th minute, 尤天国 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the final whistle sounded Paraguay left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ☆冰谷☆ Star City F.C..