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Spectators: 9362 (Terracing: 7023, Seating: 2153, VIP seats: 186) Färäc Abuşov's late challenge caught a --FIRELAND--'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Färäc Abuşov helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, SanSon's Färäc Abuşov got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Salvatore Foti kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Rahib Balayev stood somewhat misplaced when Häsrät Azamämmädov came free in front of goal and shot 1-0 to the left of him in the 11 minute. If Salvatore Foti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 19 minutes of play, --FIRELAND--'s Alberto de Souza made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rahib Balayev was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 21st match minute, --FIRELAND-- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Häsrät Azamämmädov to maneuver through the defense. After 24 played minutes Alberto de Souza rounded SanSon's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 3-0. After 29 minutes of play, --FIRELAND--'s Salvatore Foti made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rahib Balayev was left in no man's land by his defense there! 32 minutes into the game, --FIRELAND--'s Salvatore Foti nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rahib Balayev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. Rahib Balayev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto de Souza in the 44th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in SanSon's zone, Salvatore Foti stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rahib Balayev came out of the goal and Salvatore Foti tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

A collision led to SanSon getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Natiq Isgändärov hit a great ball. Salvatore Foti fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rahib Balayev having to interfere. If Salvatore Foti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Salvatore Foti's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rahib Balayev read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 59th minute of play. 60 minutes into the match, Alberto de Souza had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rahib Balayev. SanSon's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alberto de Souza was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 69th minute of the game. One of SanSon:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of --FIRELAND--:s goal. Alberto de Souza scored 9-0 in the 76th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rahib Balayev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Häsrät Azamämmädov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rahib Balayev having to interfere. Alberto de Souza might have been able to make a better finish in the 83rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rahib Balayev. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alberto de Souza ran back to his position shaking his head. A collision led to --FIRELAND-- getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Hikmät Yaşamazov hit a great ball. SanSon's Yasin Hacibabayev shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 86th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Lukasz Rasialdo but with some difficulty. Rahib Balayev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto de Souza in the 87th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Salvatore Foti's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rahib Balayev was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. Alberto de Souza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Rahib Balayev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rahib Balayev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Salvatore Foti in the 100th minute of play. There was no doubt that --FIRELAND-- were the better team. --FIRELAND--'s players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.