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Match Report
Mans
Spectators: 7534 (Terracing: 5652,
Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) Mans's Eusébio Cosme 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. Erdinç Yalgın showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reggie Clement, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 11th minute Reggie Clement shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erdinç Yalgın saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Erdinç Yalgın made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reggie Clement in the 15th minute of play. Adilson do Vale made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arthur Sanna in the 16th minute of play. In the 17th minute of the match Mans got a corner. Al-Slottshöjden's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Eusébio Cosme ran over to the corner to take the kick. Eusébio Cosme made a great header on Mans's corner, it was just that Al-Slottshöjden's Adilson do Vale managed to reach the ball for a save. Adilson do Vale showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Côme Collet, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Erdinç Yalgın showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reggie Clement, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Arthur Sanna fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adilson do Vale having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Mans's Nechifor Armeanca got a free kick in the 46th minute. Erdinç Yalgın showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hugo Söderkvist in the 47th minute of the match. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Reggie Clement was the one to do the kick off. Eusébio Cosme's late challenge caught a Al-Slottshöjden's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eusébio Cosme helped the player get up and apologised. In the 51st minute, one of Mans:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Mans. The score was 0-1 after a penalty in the 53rd minute, where Al-Slottshöjden:s Reggie Clement tricked Mans:s Erdinç Yalgın with a difficult ball by the left post. After a defensive mix-up in Al-Slottshöjden's zone, Alfred Bourlier stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Adilson do Vale came out of the goal and Alfred Bourlier tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Åke Ahlbeck who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 59thth minute tested the skills of Erdinç Yalgın when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 66th minute, Al-Slottshöjden's Reggie Clement dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Alfred Bourlier managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mans's supporters rose to their feet, but Alfred Bourlier was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Adilson do Vale breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arthur Sanna in the 74th minute of play forced Al-Slottshöjden's goalkeeper Adilson do Vale to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 77 played minutes Al-Slottshöjden got a freekick which was hit by Mark Modig. Mans's Erdinç Yalgın proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save Mans from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice moves Josef Hellbom could shoot a difficult shot in the 83rd minute, which Erdinç Yalgın however easily saved by the left post. Åke Ahlbeck could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Erdinç Yalgın made a huge save. Erdinç Yalgın took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Åke Ahlbeck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 95th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mans's goalkeeper Erdinç Yalgın, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 96 minutes Mans's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Josef Hellbom who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Josef Hellbom got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Erdinç Yalgın quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The Al-Slottshöjden players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.
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