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海南三亚天涯海角
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Benito Sanz acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 3rd minute, took the ball on the long shot from 崔海国. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, 李锋朋 managed to get in a good position for a shot. 天涯海角's supporters rose to their feet, but 李锋朋 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benito Sanz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 14 minutes into the match, 李锋朋 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 李锋朋 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. 顾镇西 charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 顾镇西 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. If Lautaro Puig had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eliseo Noboa's late challenge caught a 天涯海角's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eliseo Noboa helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Eliseo Noboa hit a great ball. 孔松朋 hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. Aaron Alcocer hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. 天涯海角's 马卫烨 got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Benito Sanz was out of position in the 29 minute of play, and 马卫烨 capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. 马卫烨 really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. 李锋朋 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benito Sanz having to interfere. 郑迅城 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Axel Tasis in the 38th minute of play. 龙朗俊 kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. 40 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's Lautaro Puig sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that 郑迅城 narrowly saved just below the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Axel Tasis in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 郑迅城 saved 天涯海角 from getting behind. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Axel Tasis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Costa Rica's Axel Tasis got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 55 minutes into the game, 崔海国 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 天涯海角's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Costa Rica the free kick. 崔海国 hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Aaron Alcocer hit a great ball. Eliseo Noboa got his second yellow card in the match during the 65th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Eliseo Noboa hit a great ball. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 马卫烨 in the 67th minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, 天涯海角's 崔海国 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Benito Sanz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 任珂骋 might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Benito Sanz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. 任珂骋 ran back to his position shaking his head. 崔海国 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lautaro Puig sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Aaron Alcocer kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Alexander Carballo charged in rather forcefully in the 82nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alexander Carballo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Alexander Carballo hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. 天涯海角's 马卫烨 got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 87 minutes into the game, 天涯海角's 李锋朋 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benito Sanz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. Axel Tasis hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. 96 minutes into the game, Aaron Alcocer was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Costa Rica's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 天涯海角 the free kick. Aaron Alcocer hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. 天涯海角 walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.