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OKKO HELL
Spectators: 8818 (Terracing: 6500, Seating: 2134, VIP seats: 184) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fahri Acarsoy started the match with the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fahri Acarsoy got free with Xiao Yuan Zhen in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 6 minutes into the match, Fahri Acarsoy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Xiao Yuan Zhen. Canberra Raiders's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fahri Acarsoy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Fahri Acarsoy was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 10th minute. Okko's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Roman Alania made in the 24th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Emiriev Salia immediately put the ball in play. After 25 played minutes Okko got a freekick which was hit by Naskhida Alania. After 31 played minutes Okko got a freekick which was hit by Roman Alania. Fahri Acarsoy could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Xiao Yuan Zhen made a huge save. 38 minutes into the game, Tsotne Burduli cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Anton Videanu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Andrey Mingrelsky recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 41st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Bondo Cholokaev fell near the penalty area in the 46th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Canberra Raiders's protests and gave Bondo Cholokaev a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Canberra Raiders's Bondo Cholokaev got a free kick in the 46th minute. Xiao Yuan Zhen was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Illarion Paghava. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

After 52 minutes, Naskhida Alania mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Okko and the Canberra Raiders players grew even worse after the yellow card. If Tsotne Burduli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 60 played minutes Okko got a freekick which was hit by Iveri Pawletko. Anton Videanu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tsotne Burduli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nikoloz Machaidze made in the 63rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Tsotne Burduli. Anton Videanu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tsotne Burduli in the 65th minute of the match. After 69 minutes of play Canberra Raiders's Bondo Cholokaev was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 70 played minutes Canberra Raiders got a freekick which was hit by Bondo Cholokaev. Okko made a substitution. Merab Sulaberidze replaced Fahri Acarsoy. The supporters of Okko booed when Canberra Raiders was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bondo Cholokaev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nikoloz Machaidze hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Xiao Yuan Zhen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Merab Sulaberidze in the 83rd minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Canberra Raiders's Tsotne Burduli slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Anton Videanu. That made the score 1-2 after 86 minutes of play. In the 89th match minute, Canberra Raiders was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tsotne Burduli to maneuver through the defense. Xiao Yuan Zhen came out of the goal in the 92nd minute to try and stop a shot by Okko's Merab Sulaberidze. But to his dismay, Merab Sulaberidze quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Canberra Raiders were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.