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Spectators: 9192 (Terracing: 6895, Seating: 2114, VIP seats: 183) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tsotne Burduli kicked off to start the match. Andrey Mingrelsky kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Xiao Yuan Zhen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nodari Beroshvili in the 13th minute of the match. After having played for 17 minutes, Andrey Mingrelsky managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Canberra Raiders's supporters crossed their fingers, but Andrey Mingrelsky was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 19th minute Nodari Beroshvili shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xiao Yuan Zhen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Botchia Jandieri got free with Xiao Yuan Zhen in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Vano Pawletko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Tsotne Burduli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Canberra Raiders's Xiao Yuan Zhen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Botchia Jandieri in the 31st minute of play. Beka Tsitsishvili fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xiao Yuan Zhen having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tsotne Burduli in the 47th minute of play forced ❝Devils From S✦S➘•Ac↯Dc❞™'s goalkeeper Archil Pilievi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nodari Beroshvili made a kick off. Canberra Raiders's Andrey Mingrelsky managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Merdan Paghava in the 54 minute of the game. 56 minutes into the match, Bondo Cholokaev notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of ❝Devils From S✦S➘•Ac↯Dc❞™'s Archil Pilievi. Archil Pilievi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 60th minute, Tsotne Burduli 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. Archil Pilievi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tsotne Burduli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 78 minutes, Merab Goloviznin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ❝Devils From S✦S➘•Ac↯Dc❞™ and the Canberra Raiders players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 78 played minutes ❝Devils From S✦S➘•Ac↯Dc❞™ got a freekick which was hit by Merab Goloviznin. Tsotne Burduli scored 1-2 in the 80th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Archil Pilievi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 85 minutes into the match, ❝Devils From S✦S➘•Ac↯Dc❞™'s goal looked a bit too open when Tsotne Burduli came free, but Archil Pilievi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 86th minute, Kang Jun left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Canberra Raiders fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. After 89 played minutes Canberra Raiders got a freekick which was hit by Andrey Mingrelsky. Vaja Andrzheevskiy hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. In the 94th minute Merab Goloviznin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xiao Yuan Zhen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 95th minute of the match Merdan Paghava shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Xiao Yuan Zhen showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in ❝Devils From S✦S➘•Ac↯Dc❞™'s zone, Bondo Cholokaev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Archil Pilievi came out of the goal and Bondo Cholokaev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Canberra Raiders eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.