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Spectators: 10981 (Terracing: 8237, Seating: 2525, VIP seats: 219) Tigran Balayan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlo Darrigrande, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Khachatryan from getting a goal against them. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by Khachatryan's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Carlo Darrigrande was slow to take the kick. During this time ChAяRuA ϒ KaяβoηEяO ☆'s players had a chance to rest. Merlin Castro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Roberto Layton tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sung McKinley sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 13th minute, ChAяRuA ϒ KaяβoηEяO ☆'s Dé 孙坚 dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. 15 minutes into the game, Khachatryan's Merlin Castro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Roberto Layton made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. After 20 minutes ChAяRuA ϒ KaяβoηEяO ☆'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Petros Oganesyan who took care of the corner kick. 22 minutes had been played when some careless play by ChAяRuA ϒ KaяβoηEяO ☆'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Petros Oganesyan was slow to take the kick. During this time Khachatryan's players had a chance to rest. In the 24th minute, Marquis Kenny ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roberto Layton was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. If Carlo Darrigrande had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Merlin Castro in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Roberto Layton saved ChAяRuA ϒ KaяβoηEяO ☆ from getting behind. Hu Wei Shu took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Roberto Layton. Roberto Layton dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. The supporters of Khachatryan booed when ChAяRuA ϒ KaяβoηEяO ☆ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jordi Carces didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dé 孙坚 might have been able to make a better finish in the 44th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tigran Balayan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dé 孙坚 ran back to his position shaking his head. Sung McKinley received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Roberto Layton tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tigran Balayan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dé 孙坚 in the 48th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

Khachatryan made a substitution. Wawrzyniec Budrewicz replaced Petros Oganesyan. Carlo Darrigrande might have been able to make a better finish in the 54th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tigran Balayan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Carlo Darrigrande ran back to his position shaking his head. 56 minutes into the match, ChAяRuA ϒ KaяβoηEяO ☆'s Carlo Darrigrande sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tigran Balayan narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to Khachatryan getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Antoine Schaefer hit a great ball. Antoine Schaefer hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. ChAяRuA ϒ KaяβoηEяO ☆ made a substitution. Jamar Eldridge replaced Jordi Carces. The corner ended in Ambrosio Fiz almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan did a great save. Tigran Balayan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jamar Eldridge in the 67th minute of play. Antoine Schaefer's late challenge caught a ChAяRuA ϒ KaяβoηEяO ☆'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Antoine Schaefer helped the player get up and apologised. Antoine Schaefer kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jamar Eldridge in the 74th minute of play forced Khachatryan's goalkeeper Tigran Balayan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tigran Balayan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ferenc Puskás's shot from short distance in the 75th minute. In the 79th minute Ferenc Puskás shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tigran Balayan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 82 minutes into the match, Khachatryan's goal looked a bit too open when Ferenc Puskás came free, but Tigran Balayan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 85th minute, Orlando Mangueira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Khachatryan booed when ChAяRuA ϒ KaяβoηEяO ☆ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Orlando Mangueira didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Albert Paulíny got free with Roberto Layton in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tigran Balayan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jamar Eldridge, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Jamar Eldridge came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the ChAяRuA ϒ KaяβoηEяO ☆ 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 Jamar Eldridge couldn't finish the play. Ferenc Puskás blasted a shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tigran Balayan having to make a save. Tigran Balayan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ferenc Puskás, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. After having played for 95 minutes, Grigor Grigoryan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Khachatryan's supporters crossed their fingers, but Grigor Grigoryan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ferenc Puskás took the ball and in the 97 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tigran Balayan. Tigran Balayan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. The Khachatryan supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Khachatryan would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.