Fighters Stadion
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35,
Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dinu Bocu started the match with the kick off. Camilo Bartuelo charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Camilo Bartuelo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Unión De Santa Fe's Camilo Bartuelo got a free kick in the 6th minute. Unión De Santa Fe's Elias Rozarius played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gianni Balla in the 6th minute of play. Elias Rozarius made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gianni Balla in the 10th minute of play. Gianni Balla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Elias Rozarius made a huge save. Gianluca Balla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Elias Rozarius tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dinu Bocu in the 15thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Elias Rozarius, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Dinu Bocus short, quick shot in the 15thth minute got Elias Rozarius to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 17th minute of the match, Gianluca Balla got a very nice opportunity to score, but Elias Rozarius was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Gustaw Fafinski came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by Unión De Santa Fe's Yang Zhan Xiao. But to his dismay, Yang Zhan Xiao quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Gustaw Fafinski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gafur Salim in the 25th minute of play. When Gafur Salim, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 25 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Gustaw Fafinski was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. 28 minutes into the match, Kostas Skilitsis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gustaw Fafinski. Hamburg Fighters's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kostas Skilitsis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kostas Skilitsis in the 30th minute of play forced Hamburg Fighters's goalkeeper Gustaw Fafinski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dinu Bocu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Elias Rozarius tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gianluca Balla's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 34thth minute, Elias Rozarius skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 38 minutes into the match, Hamburg Fighters's Gianluca Balla sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Elias Rozarius narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Gianni Balla's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Elias Rozarius was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. In the 47th minute the ball was on its way in behind Hamburg Fighters's goalkeeper Gustaw Fafinski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.
When the match had gone on for 53 minutes, Gianluca Balla put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Elias Rozarius. Hamburg Fighters's Gustaw Fafinski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save Hamburg Fighters from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Unión De Santa Fe getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Arnaldo Vellito hit a great ball. Gianluca Balla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Elias Rozarius having to interfere. Gustaw Fafinski made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Gafur Salim sent off a good shot on target. 67 minutes into the match, Hamburg Fighters's goalkeeper Gustaw Fafinski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yang Zhan Xiao. After 70 played minutes Hamburg Fighters got a freekick which was hit by Brandon Rick. Unión De Santa Fe's Elias Rozarius played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dinu Bocu in the 73rd minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, Unión De Santa Fe's Brian Lebigot broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. In the 79th minute of the match, Gafur Salim got a very nice opportunity to score, but Gustaw Fafinski was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Elias Rozarius made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gianni Balla in the 86th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gianni Balla in the 91st minute of play forced Unión De Santa Fe's goalkeeper Elias Rozarius to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 93rd minute, Gianluca Balla 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 95th minute Gianni Balla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elias Rozarius saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Unión De Santa Fe supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Unión De Santa Fe would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.
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