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Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Mark Malmberg charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mark Malmberg the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 5th minute, Tim Askberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Cheetah Team getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Egon Ahlbom hit a great ball. Claes Caspersson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yu Bing Hong in the 7th minute of play. In the 9th minute, Yu Bing Hong 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. Hugo-Ernesto Rivadeneyra-Salgado made in the 17th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Jeremie Hendrickx however managed to control. In the 18th minute Jeremie Hendrickx shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Claes Caspersson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Claes Caspersson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wang Feng, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Rossangeles were awarded a corner in the 28th minute after Cheetah Team's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Yu Bing Hong took the corner. Júlio Passos was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Jiang Bing Ning made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valter Mellin in the 31st minute of play. Claes Caspersson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yu Bing Hong in the 32nd minute of play. In the 33rd minute of the match Rossangeles got a corner. Cheetah Team's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Yu Bing Hong ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Yu Bing Hong almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Cheetah Team's Claes Caspersson did a great save. After 35 minutes of play, Cheetah Team's Valter Mellin made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jiang Bing Ning was left in no man's land by his defense there! Júlio Passos kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Egon Ahlbom took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 38th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jiang Bing Ning. Rossangeles's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Claes Caspersson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jeremie Hendrickx, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Cheetah Team's Tom Holmstedt quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Hugo-Ernesto Rivadeneyra-Salgado, made in the 42nd minute of the game. Fredrik Fors hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. In the 48th minute, Egon Ahlbom hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Jiang Bing Ning showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valter Mellin, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. The audience was convinced that Yu Bing Hong's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Claes Caspersson was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. Claes Caspersson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Yu Bing Hong's shot from short distance in the 59th minute. Rossangeles's Jiang Bing Ning proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Rossangeles from getting a goal against them. In the 63rd minute Valter Mellin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jiang Bing Ning saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valter Mellin took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jiang Bing Ning. Jiang Bing Ning dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Jiang Bing Ning made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dick Forssell in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wang Feng in the 74th minute of play forced Cheetah Team's goalkeeper Claes Caspersson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 75th minute Rossangeles were awarded a corner. Yu Bing Hong went to the cornerflag to take it. 78 minutes into the match, Cheetah Team's goal looked a bit too open when Jeremie Hendrickx came free, but Claes Caspersson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Mark Malmberg was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 81 minutes had been played. In the 81st match minute, Cheetah Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mark Malmberg to maneuver through the defense. Yu Bing Hong fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Claes Caspersson having to interfere. Jiang Bing Ning made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Dick Forssell sent off a good shot on target. Rossangeles's Jiang Bing Ning played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valter Mellin in the 88th minute of play. Jiang Bing Ning showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valter Mellin in the 89th minute of the match. When Cheetah Team's Valter Mellin in the 90th minute got a chance for a shot 90th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Rossangeles's goalie prevented a goal. Jiang Bing Ning made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Valter Mellin sent off a good shot on target. In the 96th match minute, Cheetah Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Egon Ahlbom to maneuver through the defense. Chants of Cheetah Team echoed around the stadium as the match drew to a close. Supporters and players were both delighted with the win, as Rossangeles had held the ball for most of the match.