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Palestra Itália
Spectators: 10883 (Terracing: 8163, Seating: 2503, VIP seats: 217) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Arturo Di Rado started the match with the kick off. Cristi Mitică's late challenge caught a Black Knights FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cristi Mitică helped the player get up and apologised. In the 6th minute, Cristi Mitică hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 严昂军 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arturo Di Rado, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Arturo Di Rado managed to get in a good position for a shot. Black Knights FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Arturo Di Rado was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 严昂军 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Stacy Daniel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bailey Kerns in the 14th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bailey Kerns in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Stacy Daniel prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 17 minutes Black Knights FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Olimpiu Mirciulescu who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on PALMEIRAS-UTAH's corner He Xiao fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Stacy Daniel quite easily take care of the ball. 严昂军 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arturo Di Rado in the 20th minute of the match. Bailey Kerns kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Stacy Daniel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Donald Voldfrom, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 26 minutes of play, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Donald Voldfrom made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stacy Daniel was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 30th minute He Xiao shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stacy Daniel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 33rd minute of the match PALMEIRAS-UTAH got a corner. Black Knights FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Olimpiu Mirciulescu ran over to the corner to take the kick. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Arturo Di Rado during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Black Knights FC's Arturo Di Rado got a free kick in the 35th minute. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's 严昂军 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arturo Di Rado in the 43rd minute of play.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Donald Voldfrom to strike the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the game, Cristi Mitică threw the ball into play from the sideline. Black Knights FC's Kirby Metzger quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. With a little luck, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's 严昂军 got control of the ball when Tyrone Wolff tried to sneak it across the goal line. 严昂军 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tyrone Wolff in the 58th minute. In the 59th match minute, Black Knights FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vincent Pacher to maneuver through the defense. 61 minutes into the match, Black Knights FC's goal looked a bit too open when Donald Voldfrom came free, but Stacy Daniel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 65th minute, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Arturo Di Rado fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Stacy Daniel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Qu Feng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Black Knights FC made a substitution. Martin Mason replaced Scottie Huston. The audience was convinced that Arturo Di Rado's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 严昂军 was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. 76 minutes into the game, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Qu Feng nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Stacy Daniel made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bailey Kerns in the 80th minute of play forced Black Knights FC's goalkeeper Stacy Daniel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stacy Daniel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Qu Feng in the 87th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Black Knights FC's Raúl Carvalho got a free kick in the 89th minute. Stacy Daniel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Qu Feng in the 93rd minute of play. After 94 minutes of play PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Cristi Mitică was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 95 played minutes PALMEIRAS-UTAH got a freekick which was hit by Cristi Mitică. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. PALMEIRAS-UTAH had played much better football throughout.