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Spectators: 10699 (Terracing: 8000, Seating: 2484, VIP seats: 215) Facundo Bertoglio started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the match, Sheriff's goal looked a bit too open when Vassilis Drambas came free, but Yahia van der Saar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Facundo Bertoglio in the 6th minute of play forced Sheriff's goalkeeper Yahia van der Saar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 6 minutes, Facundo Bertoglio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. GOD OF WAR's supporters crossed their fingers, but Facundo Bertoglio 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 11th minute, GOD OF WAR's Facundo Bertoglio dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Spyros Renieris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Clayton Gol in the 15th minute of the match. Spyros Renieris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Clayton Gol in the 20th minute of the match. Alejandro Rubin was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Spyros Renieris showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damaso Xacintu, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Facundo Bertoglio might have been able to make a better finish in the 31st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Yahia van der Saar. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Facundo Bertoglio ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 32nd minute, Vassilis Drambas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind GOD OF WAR's goalkeeper Spyros Renieris, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 33rd minute, Clayton Gol ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Spyros Renieris was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Yahia van der Saar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Facundo Bertoglio, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. After a rather tough play, Sheriff's Natalio Dominguez got a free kick in the 42nd minute. If Facundo Bertoglio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Facundo Bertoglio got free with Yahia van der Saar in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Facundo Bertoglio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yahia van der Saar was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. After 46 played minutes Sheriff got a freekick which was hit by Iraklis Karasavvidis. Sheriff's Yahia van der Saar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save Sheriff from getting a goal against them. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Clayton Gol stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. GOD OF WAR's Facundo Bertoglio got a good chance for a goal in the 50th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Yahia van der Saar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vassilis Drambas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Clayton Gol got free with Spyros Renieris in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 63rd minute Clayton Gol shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Spyros Renieris saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 65 played minutes GOD OF WAR got a freekick which was hit by Vassilis Drambas. Sheriff made a substitution. Savas Zaradoukas replaced Dagan Pavlovic. Sheriff made a substitution. Dragoş Bălace replaced Thodoris Tassoulis. GOD OF WAR's William Eliasson was substituted for Miltos Katevatis. 74 minutes into the game, GOD OF WAR's Alekos Tsitsanis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Yahia van der Saar made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Yahia van der Saar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vassilis Drambas, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Clayton Gol took the ball and in the 85 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Spyros Renieris. Spyros Renieris dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. Yahia van der Saar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alekos Tsitsanis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 91 minutes into the game, GOD OF WAR's Alekos Tsitsanis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Yahia van der Saar made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. Sheriff's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.