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Spectators: 9298 (Terracing: 6975, Seating: 2138, VIP seats: 185) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. La 李义南 started the match with the kick off. 5 minutes into the match, Burriss's goalkeeper Sakarias Berggren had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by La 李义南. Thanks to some nice moves La 李义南 could shoot a difficult shot in the 6th minute, which Sakarias Berggren however easily saved by the left post. Friday Sobota took the ball and in the 11 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Chung Green. Chung Green dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Morgan Bermudez in the 13thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Sakarias Berggren, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by La 李义南 in the 15th minute of play forced Burriss's goalkeeper Sakarias Berggren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by Burriss's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Haywood Michael was slow to take the kick. During this time PUKOHAS FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Haywood Michael almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Burriss's Sakarias Berggren did a great save. In the 23rd minute Dobrin Cormoran shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chung Green saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. La 李义南 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Sakarias Berggren made a huge save. Dobrin Cormoran hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. La 李义南s short, quick shot in the 33rdth minute got Sakarias Berggren to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After a rather tough play, Burriss's Monty Peacock got a free kick in the 37th minute. A collision led to Burriss getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Aleksander Czapski hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that La 李义南's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sakarias Berggren was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. Chung Green showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dobrin Cormoran, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Sakarias Berggren was a little too slow when Morgan Bermudez got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 45th minute. The score was now 1-1.

Sakarias Berggren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from La 李义南 in the 52nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dobrin Cormoran in the 55th minute of play forced PUKOHAS FC's goalkeeper Chung Green to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dobrin Cormoran kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. If La 李义南 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sakarias Berggren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Morgan Bermudez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chung Green made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dobrin Cormoran in the 65th minute of play. Sakarias Berggren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Morgan Bermudez in the 73rd minute of the match. Sakarias Berggren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from La 李义南, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. When Abe Atwood came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Burriss fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Abe Atwood couldn't finish the play. 87 minutes into the match, Burriss's goal looked a bit too open when Morgan Bermudez came free, but Sakarias Berggren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Haywood Michael's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sakarias Berggren was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. Chung Green made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Friday Sobota in the 92nd minute of play. In the 93rd minute Morgan Bermudez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sakarias Berggren saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 94 minutes into the game, Abelardo Manni was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. PUKOHAS FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Burriss the free kick. In the 94th match minute, PUKOHAS FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abelardo Manni to maneuver through the defense. 95 minutes into the match, Burriss's Dobrin Cormoran sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Chung Green narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. PUKOHAS FC had won after a very even match.