Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 10845 (Terracing: 8135,
Seating: 2494, VIP seats: 216) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lars Sundström took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars Sundström in the 6th minute of play forced La mano de D10S's goalkeeper Lin Kun Peng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tạ 张飞 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nils Hopp fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lin Kun Peng having to interfere. Lin Kun Peng made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lars Sundström in the 12th minute of play. Lin Kun Peng stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lars Sundström's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. In the 14th minute of the match FC Kurdistan got a corner. La mano de D10S's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Erhard Esbo ran over to the corner to take the kick. FC Kurdistan's Alaaddin Solskjær proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save FC Kurdistan from getting a goal against them. 19 minutes into the match, FC Kurdistan's goal looked a bit too open when Ke Zheng Xing came free, but Alaaddin Solskjær reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 21 minutes, Ke Zheng Xing managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La mano de D10S's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ke Zheng Xing was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars Sundström in the 23rd minute of play forced La mano de D10S's goalkeeper Lin Kun Peng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. La mano de D10S's Lin Kun Peng played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fredric Hybbert in the 25th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, La mano de D10S's Ke Zheng Xing sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alaaddin Solskjær narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The throw-in from Sebastián Coira in the 31st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by FC Kurdistan's Yin Yun Fan. Lin Kun Peng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lars Sundström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Kurdistan's goalkeeper Alaaddin Solskjær, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars Sundström in the 42nd minute of play forced La mano de D10S's goalkeeper Lin Kun Peng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 43 played minutes FC Kurdistan got a freekick which was hit by Erhard Esbo. FC Kurdistan's Iwan Kasiewski was substituted for Nils Hopp. After a rather tough play, FC Kurdistan's Erhard Esbo got a free kick in the 44th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ke Zheng Xing to make the kick off. Alaaddin Solskjær made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ke Zheng Xing in the 52nd minute of play. 53 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Kurdistan's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dacian Turlea was slow to take the kick. During this time La mano de D10S's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Ke Zheng Xing heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Yin Yun Fan received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lin Kun Peng came out and tried to block the shot, but Yin Yun Fan slotted it home off the left post making it 0-1 in the 57th minute. After 61 minutes of play, La mano de D10S's Ke Zheng Xing made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alaaddin Solskjær was left in no man's land by his defense there! La mano de D10S made a substitution. Pierre Malet replaced Bautista Riba. FC Kurdistan's Lars Bammerman was substituted for Lars Sundström. FC Kurdistan made a substitution. Jörgen Levander replaced Ubaldo Ritchie. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rómeó Lukaku in the 66th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Alaaddin Solskjær prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Lin Kun Peng made an important save on a dangerous shot by Iwan Kasiewski in the 71st minute. Alaaddin Solskjær made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pierre Malet in the 73rd minute of play. Lin Kun Peng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lars Bammerman in the 74th minute of the match. After 78 minutes of play, FC Kurdistan's Lars Bammerman made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lin Kun Peng was left in no man's land by his defense there! Lin Kun Peng made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Lars Bammerman sent off a good shot on target. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jörgen Levander in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lin Kun Peng prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Lin Kun Peng made an important save on a dangerous shot by Iwan Kasiewski in the 82nd minute. 85 minutes had been played when some careless play by La mano de D10S's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Erhard Esbo was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Kurdistan's players had a chance to rest. When the match clock showed 86 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Lars Bammerman sped through La mano de D10S's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Lin Kun Peng. In the 88th minute Jörgen Levander shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lin Kun Peng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, FC Kurdistan's Emanuel Åström got a free kick in the 90th minute. In the 91st minute, Dacian Turlea 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jörgen Levander got free with Lin Kun Peng in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Qiu Song fell near the penalty area in the 94th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La mano de D10S's protests and gave Qiu Song a yellow card for diving instead. In the 95th minute, Erhard Esbo sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and La mano de D10S's Lin Kun Peng didn't even have to move. With an all-out effort, FC Kurdistan's Lin Kun Peng threw himself towards the right post 96 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Lars Bammerman, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched FC Kurdistan eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.
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