ELLAND ROAD
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ren Zhi Ke kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, Tigre's goal looked a bit too open when Alvaro Cordarrol came free, but Stefan Orlicki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orlando Teofilio in the 6th minute of play forced Tigre's goalkeeper Stefan Orlicki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Damião Granja had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ren Zhi Ke came free with the goalkeeper in the 12th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Stefan Orlicki could save by the left post. Kaplan's Emilian Martinez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pedro Aparecido in the 15th minute of play. Emilian Martinez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Justo Lore in the 20th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gwyn Lawson in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Emilian Martinez prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 22nd minute Tigre were awarded a corner. Gwyn Lawson went to the cornerflag to take it. Pedro Aparecido made a great header on Tigre's corner, it was just that Kaplan's Emilian Martinez managed to reach the ball for a save. 23 minutes into the match, Kaplan's goal looked a bit too open when Justo Lore came free, but Emilian Martinez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sergio Cordareo hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ren Zhi Ke got free with Stefan Orlicki in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 29 minutes Kaplan's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gwyn Lawson who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Gwyn Lawson almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Kaplan's Emilian Martinez did a great save. Stefan Orlicki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alvaro Cordarrol in the 31st minute of the match. Stefan Orlicki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damião Granja, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Alvaro Cordarrol scored 1-0 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Stefan Orlicki, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 40thth minute of the game Dércio Leitão who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tigre's Stefan Orlicki was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alvaro Cordarrol got free with Stefan Orlicki in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 43 minutes into the match, Ren Zhi Ke notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Tigre's Stefan Orlicki. Stefan Orlicki was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Gwyn Lawson came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the Tigre fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Gwyn Lawson couldn't finish the play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gwyn Lawson made a kick off. In the 56th minute Ren Zhi Ke shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stefan Orlicki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tigre's Stefan Orlicki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ren Zhi Ke in the 59th minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, Kaplan's goal looked a bit too open when Sergio Cordareo came free, but Emilian Martinez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 66 minutes into the game, Alvaro Cordarrol cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Stefan Orlicki was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tigre's Masao Koriotto was substituted for Sergio Cordareo. When Eusebio Arce fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tigre's protests and gave Eusebio Arce a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Tigre getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Eusebio Arce hit a great ball. 71 minutes into the match, Tigre's goal looked a bit too open when Damião Granja came free, but Stefan Orlicki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emilian Martinez made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Justo Lore sent off a good shot on target. Tigre's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gwyn Lawson in the 75th minute. Pedro Aparecido was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. After 81 minutes of play, Kaplan's Damião Granja made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stefan Orlicki was left in no man's land by his defense there! 84 minutes into the match, Kaplan's goalkeeper Emilian Martinez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Justo Lore. Emilian Martinez made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Masao Koriotto sent off a good shot on target. Diego Salomone hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ren Zhi Ke in the 93rd minute of play forced Tigre's goalkeeper Stefan Orlicki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.
Kaplan's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.
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