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Match Report
Old Trafford
Spectators: 9178 (Terracing: 6885,
Seating: 2111, VIP seats: 182) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Miklós Görbe got the match started through his kick off. Felix Rabet fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pál Mester having to interfere. Kálmán Honti fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pál Mester having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Artemisz fiai's Endre Kodály got a free kick in the 12th minute. 14 minutes into the game, Artemisz fiai's Miklós Görbe nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Pál Mester made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 20th minute Elek Elek suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. Red Devils's József Koczka was substituted for Elek Elek. The supporters of Red Devils booed when Artemisz fiai was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dániel Magyar didn't get a good kick on the ball. Miklós Görbe recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. József Koczka kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. Artemisz fiai's Jácint Sári proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Artemisz fiai from getting a goal against them. In the 32nd minute, Felix Rabet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 34 minutes into the match, Felix Rabet had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pál Mester. Red Devils's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Felix Rabet was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After a rather tough play, Artemisz fiai's Endre Kodály got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Tomasz Pietrasz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Jácint Sári made a huge save. Artemisz fiai's Jácint Sári played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabien Van Daelen in the 45th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Red Devils's Steffen Gabrielsen got a free kick in the 47th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomasz Pietrasz to make the kick off. Miklós Görbe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pál Mester having to interfere. Pál Mester made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kálmán Honti in the 62nd minute. If Tomasz Pietrasz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pál Mester made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Kálmán Honti sent off a good shot on target. Jácint Sári came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by Red Devils's David Villa. But to his dismay, David Villa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Jácint Sári showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomasz Pietrasz in the 72nd minute of the match. Jácint Sári made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomasz Pietrasz in the 73rd minute of play. 74 minutes into the match, David Villa notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Artemisz fiai's Jácint Sári. Jácint Sári was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jácint Sári showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David Villa, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Zsombor Karsai kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. When Miklós Görbe came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the Artemisz fiai 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 Miklós Görbe couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomasz Pietrasz in the 83rd minute of play forced Artemisz fiai's goalkeeper Jácint Sári to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 85 minutes into the match, Red Devils's goalkeeper Pál Mester had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Miklós Görbe. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kálmán Honti got free with Pál Mester in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Artemisz fiai were awarded a corner in the 89th minute after Red Devils's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Felix Rabet took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Felix Rabet got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Pál Mester quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 95 played minutes Artemisz fiai got a freekick which was hit by Dan Louis. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Artemisz fiai walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.
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