Arena Diplomata FC
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Samurai's Timmy Henriksson 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. DIPLOMATA FC PAB's Chico Donato played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maxim Tsigalko in the 3rd minute of play. In the 6th minute, DIPLOMATA FC PAB's Niculae Martinescu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Samurai's Vince Di Cola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roberto Lopes in the 11th minute of play. Chico Donato showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timmy Henriksson in the 12th minute of the match. Chico Donato showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Timmy Henriksson, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. When Samurai's Timmy Henriksson in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye DIPLOMATA FC PAB's goalie prevented a goal. In the 16th minute, Alto Wing made a precise shot to the right of Chico Donato. DIPLOMATA FC PAB's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Vince Di Cola made an important save on a dangerous shot by José Augusto Lara in the 23rd minute. Vince Di Cola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roberto Lopes in the 25th minute of the match. In the 27th minute, DIPLOMATA FC PAB's Olivier Gilg ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Vince Di Cola. Vince Di Cola yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. Chico Donato showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maxim Tsigalko in the 29th minute of the match. 30 minutes into the match, DIPLOMATA FC PAB's goal looked a bit too open when Timmy Henriksson came free, but Chico Donato reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roberto Lopes in the 32nd minute of play forced Samurai's goalkeeper Vince Di Cola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Olivier Gilg got free with Vince Di Cola in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Olivier Gilg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Vince Di Cola made a huge save. In the 37th minute of the match DIPLOMATA FC PAB got a corner. Samurai's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. José Augusto Lara ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on DIPLOMATA FC PAB's corner José Augusto Lara fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Vince Di Cola quite easily take care of the ball. In the 40th match minute, DIPLOMATA FC PAB was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christian Carrier to maneuver through the defense. 44 minutes into the match, DIPLOMATA FC PAB's goal looked a bit too open when Maxim Tsigalko came free, but Chico Donato reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vince Di Cola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roberto Lopes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Samurai defense, Niculae Martinescu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vince Di Cola. The Samurai fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vince Di Cola should have stopped the shot. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Olivier Gilg to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, DIPLOMATA FC PAB's Joaquín Guzmán seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Joaquín Guzmán the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of DIPLOMATA FC PAB protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Joaquín Guzmán had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 51st minute of the game. One of DIPLOMATA FC PAB:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Samurai:s goal. After 53 minutes DIPLOMATA FC PAB's goalkeeper Chico Donato managed, with a little bit of luck, save Allan Bivall's penalty, on his right side after a tricky shot. When the match had gone on for 53 minutes, Allan Bivall took a quick shot and it went in 3-2 without a chance for Chico Donato to make any attempt to save it. Christian Carrier charged in rather forcefully in the 55th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Christian Carrier the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 55th match minute, DIPLOMATA FC PAB was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christian Carrier to maneuver through the defense. If Olivier Gilg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 63rd minute Maxim Tsigalko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chico Donato saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Chico Donato made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maxim Tsigalko in the 71st minute of play. Samurai's Wu Qi was substituted for Maxim Tsigalko. Samurai made a substitution. Åke Hamnberg replaced Hernán Grana. The supporters of DIPLOMATA FC PAB booed when Samurai was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alto Wing didn't get a good kick on the ball. Olivier Gilg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vince Di Cola having to interfere. With a little luck, DIPLOMATA FC PAB's Chico Donato got control of the ball when Esbjörn Hultstrand tried to sneak it across the goal line. DIPLOMATA FC PAB's Chico Donato proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save DIPLOMATA FC PAB from getting a goal against them. DIPLOMATA FC PAB's Délio Furtado was substituted for Olivier Gilg. After 83 minutes DIPLOMATA FC PAB's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Allan Bivall who took care of the corner kick. DIPLOMATA FC PAB's Chico Donato proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save DIPLOMATA FC PAB from getting a goal against them. 88 minutes in the game, Wu Qi fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Chico Donato having to interfere. In the 93rd minute, Allan Bivall ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Chico Donato was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-3. The audience was convinced that Wu Qi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Chico Donato was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. The Samurai players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented DIPLOMATA FC PAB from taking control. The game ends in a draw.
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