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Andarilhos Arena
Spectators: 8546 (Terracing: 6411, Seating: 1965, VIP seats: 170) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Reuben Allwright started the match with the kick off. Nuno Malta made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fu Han Qiang in the 4th minute. 5 minutes into the match, Fyers United's goal looked a bit too open when Trifon Katsoulis came free, but Nuno Malta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fu Han Qiang succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 8th playminute. Nuno Malta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fu Han Qiang in the 14th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Trifon Katsoulis took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Nuno Malta to make any attempt to save it. If Jürgen Behnke had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Andarilhos booed when Fyers United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Reuben Allwright didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fyers United's Nuno Malta proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Fyers United from getting a goal against them. Nuno Malta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jürgen Behnke, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Elvio Gaitano kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Trifon Katsoulis in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nuno Malta saved Fyers United from getting behind. After 33 minutes Fyers United's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Adriano Ramires who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Adriano Ramires got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Nuno Malta quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a defensive mix-up in Fyers United's zone, Trifon Katsoulis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nuno Malta came out of the goal and Trifon Katsoulis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jürgen Behnke got free with Nuno Malta in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nuno Malta made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Adriano Ramires sent off a good shot on target. Nuno Malta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Trifon Katsoulis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Fu Han Qiang to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Fyers United's goal looked a bit too open when Fu Han Qiang came free, but Nuno Malta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 53rd match minute, Fyers United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elvio Gaitano to maneuver through the defense. Nuno Malta stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Trifon Katsoulis's shot from short distance in the 56th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jürgen Behnke in the 57th minute of play forced Fyers United's goalkeeper Nuno Malta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nuno Malta didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Trifon Katsoulis went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Nuno Malta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Trifon Katsoulis in the 61st minute of the match. In the 62nd match minute, Andarilhos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jürgen Behnke to maneuver through the defense. After 63 played minutes Fyers United got a freekick which was hit by Delfim Águas. 64 minutes into the match, Trifon Katsoulis notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of Fyers United's Nuno Malta. Nuno Malta was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gonzalo Montiel in the 70th minute of play forced Fyers United's goalkeeper Nuno Malta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 71 played minutes Fyers United got a freekick which was hit by Higinio Monasterio. After having played for 72 minutes, Adriano Ramires managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Andarilhos's supporters crossed their fingers, but Adriano Ramires was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jürgen Behnke received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Nuno Malta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 77thth minute of the game Fu Han Qiang who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Fyers United's Nuno Malta was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 80 minutes of play, Andarilhos's Trifon Katsoulis made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nuno Malta was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fyers United made a substitution. Fabrício Viegas replaced Delfim Águas. Fyers United made a substitution. Abel Tinoco replaced Atalay Haşmetli. Andarilhos's Andrzej Zawaski was substituted for Trifon Katsoulis. In the 84th match minute, Andarilhos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andrzej Zawaski to maneuver through the defense. In the 87th minute, Higinio Monasterio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 88 minutes into the match, Andarilhos's Adriano Ramires sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nuno Malta narrowly saved just below the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Andrzej Zawaski in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nuno Malta saved Fyers United from getting behind. Nuno Malta didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Andrzej Zawaski went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. In the 93rd minute Fu Han Qiang shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nuno Malta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Andarilhos fully deserved thier win.