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PINGO PINGO ARENA
Spectators: 8010 (Terracing: 6009, Seating: 1842, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Filip Josefsson got the match started through his kick off. After 3 minutes, Felipe Fernandes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the PINGO PINGO and the MDQ Raptors FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 5 minutes of play, PINGO PINGO's Alvaro Micarelli made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cosme Francesco was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 8thth minute of the game Daniel Järvenperä who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PINGO PINGO's Dionisio Raphael was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With his leg Cosme Francesco managed to avoid a goal in the 15thth minute, when PINGO PINGO's Filip Josefsson fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Filip Josefsson put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Cosme Francesco. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felipe Fernandes got free with Cosme Francesco in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Filip Josefsson in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cosme Francesco prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Dionisio Raphael made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Järvenperä in the 26th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Filip Josefsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cosme Francesco was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. Cosme Francesco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvaro Micarelli, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Filip Josefsson in the 32ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Cosme Francesco, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. MDQ Raptors FC's Cosme Francesco proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save MDQ Raptors FC from getting a goal against them. 38 minutes into the match, PINGO PINGO's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Järvenperä came free, but Dionisio Raphael reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. PINGO PINGO's Dionisio Raphael played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Järvenperä in the 41st minute of play. Teofilo Adrio took the ball and in the 47 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dionisio Raphael. Dionisio Raphael dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Daniel Järvenperä was the one to do the kick off. Dionisio Raphael made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Daniel Järvenperä sent off a good shot on target. Cosme Francesco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filip Josefsson in the 57th minute of the match. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind MDQ Raptors FC's goalkeeper Cosme Francesco, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Cosme Francesco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filip Josefsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Daniel Järvenperä hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. MDQ Raptors FC's Cosme Francesco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvaro Micarelli in the 73rd minute of play. After having played for 76 minutes, Felipe Fernandes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. PINGO PINGO's supporters crossed their fingers, but Felipe Fernandes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 79 played minutes PINGO PINGO got a freekick which was hit by Gilberto Demario. If Hermengildo Ursino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The PINGO PINGO support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.