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Estadio Taltun
Spectators: 10908 (Terracing: 8182, Seating: 2509, VIP seats: 217) NAGANO F.C's Rahim Niğdeli started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Zhang Hao Qing stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pawel Mietus's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. Marcelo Cavenaghi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Vellito Alguerdo made a huge save. In the 13th match minute, Taltum FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Urko Vinuesa to maneuver through the defense. 14 minutes into the match, Rahim Niğdeli had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zhang Hao Qing. Taltum FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rahim Niğdeli was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After a defensive mix-up in NAGANO F.C's zone, Di Le Jun stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vellito Alguerdo came out of the goal and Di Le Jun tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 25 minutes of play, NAGANO F.C's Rahim Niğdeli made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zhang Hao Qing was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 29thth minute of the game Rahim Niğdeli who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Taltum FC's Zhang Hao Qing was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The Taltum FC fans' excitement grew in the 36th match minute when Taltum FC's Obregón Pardemanos looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Vellito Alguerdo made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Obregón Pardemanos sent off a good shot on target. In the 44th minute, Obregón Pardemanos got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal.

In the 51st minute Obregón Pardemanos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vellito Alguerdo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zhang Hao Qing showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rahim Niğdeli in the 58th minute of the match. Taltum FC's Zhang Hao Qing proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Taltum FC from getting a goal against them. Taltum FC made a substitution. Espinosa Marco replaced Marcelo Cavenaghi. Diego Beckenbauer hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Obregón Pardemanos in the 72nd minute of play forced NAGANO F.C's goalkeeper Vellito Alguerdo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rahim Niğdeli did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-3 to the left of a surprised Zhang Hao Qing 76 minutes into the match. In the 80thth minute of the game Obregón Pardemanos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but NAGANO F.C's Vellito Alguerdo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Zhang Hao Qing made an important save on a dangerous shot by Pawel Mietus in the 85th minute. If Rahim Niğdeli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. NAGANO F.C walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.