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Spectators: 9385 (Terracing: 7041, Seating: 2158, VIP seats: 186) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Hafis Ağamirzadä got the match started through his kick off. After having played for 3 minutes, Salvatore Foti managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. --FIRELAND--'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Salvatore Foti was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Imran Hätämov hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. An unexpected shot in the 13th minute by Salvatore Foti got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 13th minute, Salvatore Foti ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hafiz Äbdüläzimov was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. --FIRELAND--'s Ehsan Äläkbärov got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 20th match minute, --FIRELAND-- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hikmät Yaşamazov to maneuver through the defense. Lukasz Rasialdo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hafis Ağamirzadä in the 23rd minute of the match. In the 25th minute of the match ARBO FC got a corner. --FIRELAND--'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Oqtay Osmanov ran over to the corner to take the kick. The crowd rose to their feet as --FIRELAND--'s Salvatore Foti slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Hafiz Äbdüläzimov. That made the score 2-0 after 29 minutes of play. Hafiz Äbdüläzimov was a little too slow when Häsrät Azamämmädov got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 33rd minute. The score was now 3-0. Salvatore Foti could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Hafiz Äbdüläzimov made a huge save. A collision led to ARBO FC getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Hafis Ağamirzadä hit a great ball. Hafiz Äbdüläzimov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto de Souza in the 39th minute of play. From a short distance, --FIRELAND--'s Häsrät Azamämmädov, in the 47th minute, tried to place the ball behind Hafiz Äbdüläzimov, but the ball hit the right post on the wrong side and went out. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

--FIRELAND-- made a substitution. Mail Budaqov replaced Atilla Yunisov. The wind increased when Salvatore Foti made the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the ARBO FC defense, Alberto de Souza kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hafiz Äbdüläzimov. The ARBO FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hafiz Äbdüläzimov should have stopped the shot. Salvatore Foti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Hafiz Äbdüläzimov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 66 minutes into the game, Xaläddin Qährämanov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. --FIRELAND--'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ARBO FC the free kick. Xaläddin Qährämanov kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. After 69 minutes, Fariz Utanov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ARBO FC and the --FIRELAND-- players grew even worse after the yellow card. Fariz Utanov hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. If Salvatore Foti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Soltanmäcid Cäbiyev hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. In the 85th minute Salvatore Foti shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hafiz Äbdüläzimov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 91st minute, Salvatore Foti made a precise shot to the right of Hafiz Äbdüläzimov. ARBO FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-0. ARBO FC's Hafiz Äbdüläzimov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Häsrät Azamämmädov in the 95th minute of play. 96 minutes into the game, Salvatore Foti cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-0. Hafiz Äbdüläzimov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. --FIRELAND--'s supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.