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Etihad Stadium
Spectators: 8007 (Terracing: 6007, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ozzy Bridge took the kick off in the first half of the match. Feliciano Artaldo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tiburcio Lain, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Cityzens's Feliciano Artaldo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rupert Rundle in the 4th minute of play. 8 minutes into the game, Marcos Francisco Elzo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Feliciano Artaldo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Feliciano Artaldo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcos Francisco Elzo, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. 12 minutes into the match, Cityzens's goal looked a bit too open when Leandro Guerra came free, but Feliciano Artaldo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Leandro Guerra took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Feliciano Artaldo. Feliciano Artaldo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. If Leandro Guerra had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cityzens's Feliciano Artaldo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcos Francisco Elzo in the 24th minute of play. In the 25th minute, Marcos Francisco Elzo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The London Lions fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Feliciano Artaldo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leandro Guerra in the 30th minute of play. Feliciano Artaldo came out of the goal in the 31st minute to try and stop a shot by London Lions's Marcos Francisco Elzo. But to his dismay, Marcos Francisco Elzo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. An unexpectedly hard shot by Borys Jaworski in the 35th minute of play forced Cityzens's goalkeeper Feliciano Artaldo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Feliciano Artaldo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tiburcio Lain, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcos Francisco Elzo in the 37th minute of play forced Cityzens's goalkeeper Feliciano Artaldo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 39 minutes of play, London Lions's Tiburcio Lain made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Feliciano Artaldo was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to London Lions getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Marcos Francisco Elzo hit a great ball. In the 45th minute, Marcos Francisco Elzo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Feliciano Artaldo was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tiburcio Lain stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, London Lions's Borys Jaworski sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Feliciano Artaldo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 57th minute Marcos Francisco Elzo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliciano Artaldo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Feliciano Artaldo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tiburcio Lain, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. 61 minutes into the game, Tiburcio Lain recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Feliciano Artaldo. Tiburcio Lain showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-9. 65 minutes into the game, Leandro Guerra cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-10. Feliciano Artaldo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Feliciano Artaldo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tiburcio Lain in the 70th minute of the match. In the 71st minute, Leandro Guerra ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Feliciano Artaldo was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-11. 74 minutes into the game, London Lions's Leandro Guerra nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Feliciano Artaldo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-12. 78 minutes into the match, Tiburcio Lain had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Feliciano Artaldo. Cityzens's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tiburcio Lain was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-13. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tiburcio Lain in the 81st minute of play forced Cityzens's goalkeeper Feliciano Artaldo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. London Lions's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Laurence Perryman in the 83rd minute. After taking down the ball on London Lions's corner Laurence Perryman fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Feliciano Artaldo quite easily take care of the ball. 85 minutes into the game, Tiburcio Lain cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-14. Feliciano Artaldo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Feliciano Artaldo made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Tiburcio Lain sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 90 minutes, Tiburcio Lain took a quick shot and it went in 0-15 without a chance for Feliciano Artaldo to make any attempt to save it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tiburcio Lain in the 93rd minute of play forced Cityzens's goalkeeper Feliciano Artaldo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 94 minutes into the match, Cityzens's goal looked a bit too open when Marcos Francisco Elzo came free, but Feliciano Artaldo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 95 minutes, Tiburcio Lain made it 0-16 with a short kick to the right side. Cityzens's Feliciano Artaldo tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The Cityzens fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. London Lions were clearly better and deserved to take the win.