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SERGEJ BARBAREZ
Spectators: 10924 (Terracing: 8194, Seating: 2512, VIP seats: 218) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Joélson Laguna took the kick off in the first half of the match. Yuan Bin Liang received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Gavino Ubarna tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 8 minutes into the match, Blue Warriors™'s Murat Zelenika sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gavino Ubarna narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Gavino Ubarna showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Börge Tidéksson, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. FISHBONE 06's Gavino Ubarna played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Börge Tidéksson in the 12th minute of play. Gavino Ubarna took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Murat Zelenika, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Giannis Konstantinou made an important save on a dangerous shot by Don John in the 21st minute. 26 minutes into the match, Murat Zelenika notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of FISHBONE 06's Gavino Ubarna. Gavino Ubarna was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Branislav Cokić in the 28th minute of play forced Blue Warriors™'s goalkeeper Giannis Konstantinou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gavino Ubarna made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Murat Zelenika in the 30th minute of play. 31 minutes in the game Ralph Meul did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Semjon Čecura. An unexpectedly hard shot by Murat Zelenika in the 33rd minute of play forced FISHBONE 06's goalkeeper Gavino Ubarna to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Blue Warriors™'s Giannis Konstantinou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Branimir Bajrić in the 35th minute of play. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by Blue Warriors™'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Don John was slow to take the kick. During this time FISHBONE 06's players had a chance to rest. FISHBONE 06's Don John was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Giannis Konstantinou in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 39th minute, Murat Zelenika ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gavino Ubarna was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. A sloppy throw-in by Fabio Cannata in the 42nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by FISHBONE 06's Ralph Meul. Sayvion Tamargo was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 43 minutes into the match. FISHBONE 06 made a substitution. Radomir Spahić replaced Joélson Laguna. 43 minutes into the game, one of FISHBONE 06:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Murat Zelenika was the one to do the kick off. After 63 minutes of play, Blue Warriors™'s Murat Zelenika made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gavino Ubarna was left in no man's land by his defense there! Blue Warriors™'s Pedro Luiz Dantas was substituted for Yuan Bin Liang. Blue Warriors™'s Eldar Huseinović was substituted for Beno Perzivović. Blue Warriors™'s Zumbul Nurković was substituted for Fabio Cannata. Giannis Konstantinou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Branislav Cokić, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 69 minutes into the match, Blue Warriors™'s goal looked a bit too open when Branislav Cokić came free, but Giannis Konstantinou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 70 minutes Blue Warriors™'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Don John who took care of the corner kick. In the 75th minute, Branislav Cokić left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FISHBONE 06 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. Gavino Ubarna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Murat Zelenika in the 80th minute of the match. A collision led to Blue Warriors™ getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Zumbul Nurković hit a great ball. A hard shot 86 in the game by Börge Tidéksson from a close distance when the talented Gavino Ubarna managed to make a qualified save. FISHBONE 06's players were relieved. Pedro Luiz Dantas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gavino Ubarna having to interfere. When the match was over Blue Warriors™ could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than FISHBONE 06 throughout the match.