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Ohana Arena
Spectators: 7873 (Terracing: 5775, Seating: 1948, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Karl Asciak got the match started through his kick off. Paul Laudi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Stephan Depasquale tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Les diables de Chamonix's Adam Theuma got a free kick in the 7th minute. Stephan Depasquale showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paul Laudi in the 12th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Balzan Youths's Ričards Tālums got a free kick in the 14th minute. A collision led to Les diables de Chamonix getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Vince Zammit hit a great ball. Louis Mula took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 18th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Gilbert Curmi. Les diables de Chamonix's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. A collision led to Balzan Youths getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Giorgio Grech hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liam Cassar in the 26th minute of play forced Balzan Youths's goalkeeper Stephan Depasquale to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stephan Depasquale showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Liam Cassar, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. When Paul Laudi fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Les diables de Chamonix's protests and gave Paul Laudi a yellow card for diving instead. In the 30th match minute, Les diables de Chamonix was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paul Laudi to maneuver through the defense. When Adam Theuma fell near the penalty area in the 32nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Les diables de Chamonix's protests and gave Adam Theuma a yellow card for diving instead. Adam Theuma hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. In the 37th minute, Paul Laudi 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 a rather tough play, Balzan Youths's Noel Said got a free kick in the 38th minute. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 43rd minute of the game. One of Balzan Youths:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Les diables de Chamonix:s goal. Stephan Depasquale went to the wrong direction when Liam Cassar was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. In the 45th minute Liam Cassar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stephan Depasquale saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Les diables de Chamonix getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Paul Laudi hit a great ball. Gilbert Curmi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karl Asciak in the 48th minute of the match. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Liam Cassar to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Karl Asciak got free with Gilbert Curmi in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Liam Cassar came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Les diables de Chamonix 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 Liam Cassar couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Balzan Youths getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Etienne Xerri hit a great ball. Amadeo Brincat struck a weak shot in the 68th minute. Stephan Depasquale didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Les diables de Chamonix. After a rather tough play, Balzan Youths's Louis Mula got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Karl Asciak could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Gilbert Curmi made a huge save. In the 79th minute, Karl Asciak left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Balzan Youths fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. An unexpected shot in the 86th minute by Karl Asciak got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Noel Said sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amadeo Brincat in the 94th minute of play forced Balzan Youths's goalkeeper Stephan Depasquale to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Etienne Xerri fell near the penalty area in the 95th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Balzan Youths's protests and gave Etienne Xerri a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Balzan Youths's Etienne Xerri got a free kick in the 95th minute. Stephan Depasquale took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Liam Cassar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Les diables de Chamonix succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Balzan Youths had controlled the match.