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Can Xarau
Spectators: 10858 (Terracing: 8145, Seating: 2497, VIP seats: 216) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Billy Blowman took the kick off in the first half of the match. Rick Brearley showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Billy Blowman in the 8th minute of the match. Rick Brearley made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Billy Blowman in the 8th minute of play. Celtic de Sarda's Rick Brearley played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eduard Dășanu in the 10th minute of play. In the 12th match minute, Celtic de Sarda was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Deon Furlong to maneuver through the defense. In the 17th minute, Jonathan Stamnes 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. After 19 played minutes Celtic de Sarda got a freekick which was hit by Bäşir Abudova. CA Piratas's Birant Kayrar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save CA Piratas from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Billy Blowman in the 28th minute of play forced Celtic de Sarda's goalkeeper Rick Brearley to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, CA Piratas's Martyn West got a free kick in the 35th minute. Birant Kayrar was a little too slow when Austin Mills got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 36th minute. The score was now 1-1. In the 42nd minute, Celtic de Sarda's Austin Mills dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Birant Kayrar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jonathan Stamnes went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. The audience thought a goal was coming when Billy Blowman got free with Rick Brearley in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 60th minute, CA Piratas's Martyn West seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Martyn West the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of CA Piratas protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Martyn West had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 59th minute of the game. One of CA Piratas:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Celtic de Sarda:s goal. The referee gave Celtic de Sarda a penalty, 61 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Jonathan Stamnes, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of CA Piratas's Birant Kayrar. 4-1. Birant Kayrar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Austin Mills in the 63rd minute of play. Celtic de Sarda were awarded a corner in the 64th minute after CA Piratas's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jonathan Stamnes took the corner. Austin Mills made a great header on Celtic de Sarda's corner, it was just that CA Piratas's Birant Kayrar managed to reach the ball for a save. Celtic de Sarda's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jonathan Stamnes in the 66th minute. After taking down the ball on Celtic de Sarda's corner Jonathan Stamnes fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Birant Kayrar quite easily take care of the ball. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Denis Drăgoescu put it in 4-2 from a short distance just to the right of Rick Brearley. When Eduard Dășanu came up free with the goalie in the 75th minute, the CA Piratas 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 Eduard Dășanu couldn't finish the play. Niklas Pettersson took the ball and in the 85 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Birant Kayrar. Birant Kayrar dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-2. Trevor Lincoln hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Birant Kayrar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Austin Mills, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of CA Piratas booed when Celtic de Sarda was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Piers Davies didn't get a good kick on the ball. Henrik Etoo scored 6-3 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Birant Kayrar, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Celtic de Sarda's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.