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Spectators: 9316 (Terracing: 6988, Seating: 2143, VIP seats: 185) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rodion Orel started the match with the kick off. If Marius Niculae had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gábor Bencsik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cyprian Gierlach in the 5th minute of the match. Ştefan Văduva kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. Rodion Orel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Charles-Antoine Carnevalli made a huge save. Charles-Antoine Carnevalli was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Rodion Orel showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 10 minute of play. In the 14th minute of the match, Marius Niculae tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Charles-Antoine Carnevalli saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 21 minutes of play, FC Vershina ESPN's Aristides Domenec made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gábor Bencsik was left in no man's land by his defense there! 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Vershina ESPN's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Taras Vonsyk was slow to take the kick. During this time КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика's players had a chance to rest. Taras Vonsyk made a great header on КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика's corner, it was just that FC Vershina ESPN's Charles-Antoine Carnevalli managed to reach the ball for a save. A nice corner shot did that Taras Vonsyk got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Charles-Antoine Carnevalli quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cyprian Gierlach in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gábor Bencsik saved КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cyprian Gierlach in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gábor Bencsik saved КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика from getting behind. 35 minutes into the match, Thor Eriksson notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика's Gábor Bencsik. Gábor Bencsik was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 37th match minute, КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marius Niculae to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика's zone, Cyprian Gierlach stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gábor Bencsik came out of the goal and Cyprian Gierlach tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Gábor Bencsik took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cyprian Gierlach, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC Vershina ESPN's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Danko Fuchs in the 42nd minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cyprian Gierlach to make the kick off. Gábor Bencsik made an important save on a dangerous shot by Thor Eriksson in the 54th minute. Charles-Antoine Carnevalli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marius Niculae in the 60th minute of play. In the 67th minute Cyprian Gierlach shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gábor Bencsik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A nice corner shot did that Danko Fuchs got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Gábor Bencsik quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Charles-Antoine Carnevalli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marius Niculae, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 73 minutes, Marius Niculae managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marius Niculae was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Charles-Antoine Carnevalli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marius Niculae, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. When the match had gone on for 77 minutes, Aristides Domenec took a quick shot and it went in 1-4 without a chance for Gábor Bencsik to make any attempt to save it. When Marius Niculae came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Marius Niculae couldn't finish the play. Gábor Bencsik made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Aristides Domenec sent off a good shot on target. Aristides Domenec in the 87thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Gábor Bencsik, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. The supporters of КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика booed when FC Vershina ESPN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Shelton Cho didn't get a good kick on the ball. КУРСКАЯ Народреспублика's Stepan Tovkatskiy got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. FC Vershina ESPN made a substitution. Volodymyr Ovcharenko replaced Aristides Domenec. FC Vershina ESPN's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.