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TULIANO F.C.
Spectators: 7543 (Terracing: 5659, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) Argentina AFC's Romulo Lixandro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mihnea Gorgan in the 3rd minute of play. Romulo Lixandro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mihnea Gorgan, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Romulo Lixandro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mihnea Gorgan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 6 minutes into the match, Argentina AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Mihnea Gorgan came free, but Romulo Lixandro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 8th minute Silvio Atarratze shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Romulo Lixandro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 15 minutes into the match, Mihnea Gorgan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Romulo Lixandro. Argentina AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mihnea Gorgan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The referee felt a red card was in order, 19 minutes into the game, when Rigoberto Gomez put in a rough tackle. The goalkeeper, Magne Stephansson, was totally fooled by Argentina AFC's Emilio Haritzeder, who 20 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. After a rather tough play, SOY RABONA's Elano Gaspar got a free kick in the 27th minute. In the 31st minute, Emilio Haritzeder left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Argentina AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. In the 34th match minute, SOY RABONA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eliseo Ricart to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emilio Haritzeder got free with Magne Stephansson in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 36th minute, Mihnea Gorgan made a precise shot to the right of Romulo Lixandro. Argentina AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. Emilio Haritzeder fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Magne Stephansson having to interfere. Magne Stephansson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emilio Haritzeder, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 2-2 after a close first half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gervasio Arnas made a kick off. Mihnea Gorgan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Romulo Lixandro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Magne Stephansson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emilio Haritzeder in the 54th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gervasio Arnas in the 57th minute of play forced SOY RABONA's goalkeeper Magne Stephansson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Osoitz kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Mihnea Gorgan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 59th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. SOY RABONA's Mihnea Gorgan came free and shot a quick shot against goal 63 minutes in the game, fortunately Romulo Lixandro had problems saving as it came toward the left post. In the 65th minute of the match SOY RABONA got a corner. Argentina AFC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Inocencio Magdaleno ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to SOY RABONA's Mihnea Gorgan getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Argentina AFC's Romulo Lixandro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Silvio Atarratze in the 69th minute of play. Magne Stephansson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gervasio Arnas in the 70th minute of the match. An unexpected shot in the 72nd minute by Mihnea Gorgan got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 72 minutes into the match, SOY RABONA's Martin Columbo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Romulo Lixandro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Magne Stephansson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emilio Haritzeder, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Mihnea Gorgan's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Romulo Lixandro firmly grabbed it by the left post. Magne Stephansson came out of the goal in the 82nd minute to try and stop a shot by Argentina AFC's Emilio Haritzeder. But to his dismay, Emilio Haritzeder quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. If Martin Columbo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mihnea Gorgan got free with Romulo Lixandro in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Romulo Lixandro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Columbo in the 88th minute of the match. 90 minutes had been played when some careless play by Argentina AFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Inocencio Magdaleno was slow to take the kick. During this time SOY RABONA's players had a chance to rest. With a little luck, Argentina AFC's Romulo Lixandro got control of the ball when Mihnea Gorgan tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 94th minute, Martin Columbo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Argentina AFC booed when SOY RABONA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Inocencio Magdaleno didn't get a good kick on the ball. Magne Stephansson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gervasio Arnas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gervasio Arnas in the 97th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Magne Stephansson saved SOY RABONA from getting behind. Argentina AFC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of SOY RABONA for a fine match.