Najm Al Hadid Stadiu
Spectators: 9198 (Terracing: 6900,
Seating: 2115, VIP seats: 183) Ferdinand Cenușă made the kick off and thus started the match. Ferdinand Cenușă received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Alfredo Llorenc tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alfredo Llorenc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ferdinand Cenușă in the 10th minute of play. Ximenez Abad hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Forever Young's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Thom Moxon in the 18th minute. The corner led Forever Young's Thom Moxon to fire away a dangerous shot which Alfredo Llorenc despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Forever Young's Ferdinand Cenușă got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ximenez Abad in the 24th minute of play forced Palestine Free Land's goalkeeper Alfredo Llorenc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 25 minutes Palestine Free Land's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Thom Moxon who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Ferdinand Cenușă almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Palestine Free Land's Alfredo Llorenc did a great save. After having played for 27 minutes, Ximenez Abad managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Forever Young's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ximenez Abad was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 27 played minutes Palestine Free Land got a freekick which was hit by Setyo Sarwono. Forever Young's Gia Buffon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thomas Wirahadikusumah in the 29th minute of play. In the 30th minute, Forever Young's Ferdinand Cenușă ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Alfredo Llorenc. Alfredo Llorenc yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. After 33 played minutes, Palestine Free Land's Justino Tadzio shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Gia Buffon 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 Palestine Free Land reached it. Nana Sahuleka's late challenge caught a Forever Young's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nana Sahuleka helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Palestine Free Land's Nana Sahuleka got a free kick in the 34th minute. Alfredo Llorenc showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zheng Rong, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Zheng Rong succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-1 in the 38th playminute. In the 45th match minute, Palestine Free Land was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gerard Paine to maneuver through the defense. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gerard Paine was the one to do the kick off. Alfredo Llorenc showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zheng Rong, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. After 56 played minutes Forever Young got a freekick which was hit by Genta Hamzah. Gerard Paine hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. 58 minutes into the match, Palestine Free Land's goal looked a bit too open when Zheng Rong came free, but Alfredo Llorenc reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Forever Young fans' excitement grew in the 61st match minute when Forever Young's Zheng Rong 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 3-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Justino Tadzio might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gia Buffon. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Justino Tadzio ran back to his position shaking his head. 67 minutes into the match, Forever Young's goalkeeper Gia Buffon had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gerard Paine. Forever Young's defense didn't have a chance, in the 68th minute, when Gerard Paine scored to the left of an out of position Gia Buffon, making the score, 3-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerard Paine in the 77th minute of play forced Forever Young's goalkeeper Gia Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 77th minute Gerard Paine shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gia Buffon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rachman Sumampouw kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Forever Young's Igus Hardianto was substituted for Zheng Rong. In the 80th minute, Rachman Sumampouw hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferdinand Cenușă in the 81st minute of play forced Palestine Free Land's goalkeeper Alfredo Llorenc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gia Buffon made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Setyo Sarwono sent off a good shot on target. Forever Young's Gia Buffon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thomas Wirahadikusumah in the 88th minute of play. In the 89th match minute, Palestine Free Land was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Setyo Sarwono to maneuver through the defense. Forever Young made a substitution. Joko Suryana replaced Humberto Lluc. After 91 played minutes Palestine Free Land got a freekick which was hit by Setyo Sarwono. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Igus Hardianto in the 96th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alfredo Llorenc saved Palestine Free Land from getting behind. Forever Young were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Palestine Free Land for a fine match.
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