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MILENIUM
Spectators: 7220 (Terracing: 5416, Seating: 1661, VIP seats: 143) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Timur Tischenko started the match with the kick off. Lázaro Gipuzkoa's late challenge caught a Armstrong's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lázaro Gipuzkoa helped the player get up and apologised. After 3 played minutes AF Milano got a freekick which was hit by Lázaro Gipuzkoa. Diego Gutierrez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Pablo Etxekopar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Timur Tischenko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaime Peru in the 16th minute of play forced AF Milano's goalkeeper Pablo Etxekopar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Desiderio Indar made in the 19th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Armstrong's Jairo Ignatius. 22 minutes into the match, Armstrong's goal looked a bit too open when Virgilio Oinaz came free, but Norberto Rufio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Armstrong's Norberto Rufio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Virgilio Oinaz in the 24th minute of play. Jaime Peru charged in rather forcefully in the 24th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jaime Peru the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of AF Milano booed when Armstrong was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jaime Peru didn't get a good kick on the ball. Norberto Rufio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nicolas Lehior in the 25th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Virgilio Oinaz in the 27th minute of play forced Armstrong's goalkeeper Norberto Rufio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd minute Virgilio Oinaz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Norberto Rufio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Virgilio Oinaz kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Norberto Rufio. That made the score 1-0 in the 33 minute of play. Norberto Rufio didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 39th minute, which inside left pole to 2-0. Lázaro Gipuzkoa made in the 43rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Nicolas Lehior. Armstrong's Norberto Rufio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save Armstrong from getting a goal against them. Nicolas Lehior could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Norberto Rufio made a huge save.

Nicolas Lehior blasted a shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Norberto Rufio having to make a save. 61 minutes into the match, Armstrong's goal looked a bit too open when Virgilio Oinaz came free, but Norberto Rufio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 63rd minute, Urbano Quilo made a precise shot to the right of Norberto Rufio. Armstrong's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Virgilio Oinaz in the 68th minute of play forced Armstrong's goalkeeper Norberto Rufio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. AF Milano's Virgilio Oinaz got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Armstrong's Norberto Rufio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Virgilio Oinaz in the 84th minute of play. Norberto Rufio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Virgilio Oinaz in the 92nd minute of the match. 94 minutes into the match, Nicolas Lehior notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Armstrong's Norberto Rufio. Norberto Rufio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. AF Milano were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Armstrong for a fine match.