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Gucci Arena
Spectators: 8390 (Terracing: 6406, Seating: 1964, VIP seats: 20) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Laurenzo Wagner got the match started through his kick off. When Gucci United's Noel Beich in the 3rd minute got a chance for a shot 3rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Graben's goalie prevented a goal. Simon Rankel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Noel Beich, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Gucci United's Flemming Cavegn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jimeno Savier in the 8th minute of play. Simon Rankel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andre Despland in the 10th minute of play. Simon Rankel was a little too slow when Andre Despland got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 10th minute. The score was now 1-0. In the 17th minute Noel Beich shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Simon Rankel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Simon Rankel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernardo Flores, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Andre Despland received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Simon Rankel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Codrin Aldescu in the 26th minute of play forced Graben's goalkeeper Simon Rankel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Simon Rankel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Noel Beich in the 28th minute of play. Flemming Cavegn came out of the goal in the 29th minute to try and stop a shot by Graben's Tim Valkenaers. But to his dismay, Tim Valkenaers quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. In the 32nd minute, Codrin Aldescu fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Simon Rankel, passed just outside the right post. When the match clock showed 32 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Andre Despland sped through Graben's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Simon Rankel. Graben's Simon Rankel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save Graben from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andre Despland in the 38th minute of play forced Graben's goalkeeper Simon Rankel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flemming Cavegn didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jimeno Savier went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. 42 minutes into the match, Noel Beich dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Simon Rankel, 4-2. In the 46th minute, Gunter Rodel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Simon Rankel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bernardo Flores went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-2 was the resulting score. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 5-2 at half-time.

55 minutes into the game, Tim Valkenaers cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-3. Flemming Cavegn was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The supporters of Gucci United booed when Graben was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jimeno Savier didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gucci United's Bernardo Flores got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andre Despland in the 61st minute of play forced Graben's goalkeeper Simon Rankel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute Andre Despland shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Simon Rankel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 69 minutes into the game, Graben's Tim Valkenaers nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Flemming Cavegn made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-4. In the 73rd minute, Andre Despland ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Simon Rankel was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-4. Flemming Cavegn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Laurenzo Wagner, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With his leg Flemming Cavegn managed to avoid a goal in the 83rdth minute, when Graben's Tim Valkenaers fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 84th minute Andre Despland suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. Jimeno Savier's late challenge caught a Gucci United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jimeno Savier helped the player get up and apologised. When Gucci United's Simon Reuteler in the 91st minute got a chance for a shot 91st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Graben's goalie prevented a goal. Zuri Planes thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Simon Rankel, a very annoying self made goal in the 93rd minute which led to 7-5. Gucci United's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.