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Gama Arena
Spectators: 9643 (Terracing: 6975, Seating: 2482, VIP seats: 186) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Muharem Senčar made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute Chatziantoniou Xanthos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erik Berglund saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind YellowStone's goalkeeper Erik Berglund, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a little luck, YellowStone's Erik Berglund got control of the ball when Chatziantoniou Xanthos tried to sneak it across the goal line. The referee felt a red card was in order, 10 minutes into the game, when Jožef Giovani put in a rough tackle. In the 9th minute, one of YellowStone:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for YellowStone. Erik Berglund showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mihail Coșereanu in the 15th minute of the match. Cveto Novinec took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tobi Festersen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Erik Berglund made an important save on a dangerous shot by Chatziantoniou Xanthos in the 18th minute. YellowStone's Erik Berglund proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save YellowStone from getting a goal against them. 22 minutes into the game, YellowStone's Tobi Festersen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cveto Novinec made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. FC Koper's Cveto Novinec played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Štefan Gorenc in the 24th minute of play. In the 25th match minute, YellowStone was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Branimir Turk to maneuver through the defense. In the 26th minute Chatziantoniou Xanthos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erik Berglund saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Erik Berglund showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mihail Coșereanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Štefan Gorenc received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Cveto Novinec tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Chatziantoniou Xanthos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Erik Berglund having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mihail Coșereanu in the 42nd minute of play forced YellowStone's goalkeeper Erik Berglund to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erik Berglund made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Mihail Coșereanu sent off a good shot on target. Mihail Coșereanu scored 2-1 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Erik Berglund, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Tobi Festersen struck a weak shot in the 47th minute. Cveto Novinec didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for YellowStone. FC Koper's Manos Labrou was substituted for Istok Marinč. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Slawomir Brysz was the one to do the kick off. Cveto Novinec made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tobi Festersen in the 58th minute. YellowStone's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Štefan Gorenc in the 59th minute. YellowStone's Verjano Čižman was substituted for Štefan Gorenc. YellowStone's Sergej Kovačič was substituted for Muharem Senčar. FC Koper's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ekaitz Sirvent in the 65th minute. The corner ended in Ekaitz Sirvent almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but YellowStone's Erik Berglund did a great save. Erik Berglund showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mihail Coșereanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. When FC Koper's Slawomir Brysz in the 72nd minute got a chance for a shot 72nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye YellowStone's goalie prevented a goal. Tobi Festersen hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Branimir Turk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cveto Novinec having to interfere. A nice corner shot did that Verjano Čižman got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Cveto Novinec quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Cveto Novinec showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Verjano Čižman, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. A collision led to FC Koper getting a freekick after 98 minutes play. Jan-Erik Jansson hit a great ball. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.