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阿尔瓦拉德球场
Spectators: 7297 (Terracing: 5474, Seating: 1678, VIP seats: 145) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Dominic Cox kicked off to start the match. 袁浩亦 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 狄飞俊 in the 8th minute of play. 楚挺永 hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. 赵远坚 charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 赵远坚 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to 宁波bell getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. 赵远坚 hit a great ball. Dominic Cox fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 狄挺昂 having to interfere. After having played for 19 minutes, 彭弘军 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 里斯本竞技's supporters crossed their fingers, but 彭弘军 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 25 minutes into the game, 里斯本竞技's Dominic Cox nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. 狄挺昂 made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. In the 33rd minute, 楚挺永 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A hard shot 38 in the game by Dominic Cox from a close distance when the talented 狄挺昂 managed to make a qualified save. 宁波bell's players were relieved. If 彭弘军 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dominic Cox sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 43rd minute, 王康岩 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. Dominic Cox kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 45thth minute. Though ot was a great shot 宁波bell's keeper 狄挺昂 was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 47th minute of the game. One of 里斯本竞技:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of 宁波bell:s goal. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

After 59 minutes, 杜帆平 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 宁波bell and the 里斯本竞技 players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, 宁波bell's 杜帆平 got a free kick in the 59th minute. 狄挺昂 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dominic Cox's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dominic Cox in the 64th minute of play forced 宁波bell's goalkeeper 狄挺昂 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 程卫鹏 kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. After 67 played minutes, 里斯本竞技's 潘卫庭 shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper 狄挺昂 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 里斯本竞技 reached it. In the 68th minute, Dominic Cox 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by 黄邦旭 in the 69th minute of play forced 宁波bell's goalkeeper 狄挺昂 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The corner ended in 潘卫庭 almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but 宁波bell's 狄挺昂 did a great save. If 赵远坚 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 79 minutes into the game, 程卫鹏 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 宁波bell's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 里斯本竞技 the free kick. 79 minutes into the game, one of 宁波bell:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. 狄挺昂 went to the wrong direction when Dominic Cox was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. 83 minutes into the game, Dominic Cox cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. 狄挺昂 was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 91 minutes into the match, Dominic Cox had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 狄挺昂. 宁波bell's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dominic Cox was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. 任适昂 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 狄挺昂 having to interfere. 96 minutes into the match, Dominic Cox had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 狄挺昂. 宁波bell's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dominic Cox was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1.