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Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) When Cyprus's Hektor Fitrakis in the 3rd minute got a chance for a shot 3rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Blue Warriors™'s goalie prevented a goal. Börge Tidéksson received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Thanos Saatsakis came out and tried to block the shot, but Börge Tidéksson slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 6th minute. Pat Rice kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Giannis Konstantinou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hektor Fitrakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. In the 15th minute, Blue Warriors™'s Börge Tidéksson dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. The audience was convinced that Murat Zelenika's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thanos Saatsakis was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. If Akis Bouzios had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The supporters of Blue Warriors™ booed when Cyprus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Makis Antoniadis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Giannis Konstantinou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Akis Bouzios, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 28thth minute of the game Murat Zelenika who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cyprus's Thanos Saatsakis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Murat Zelenika in the 29th minute of play forced Cyprus's goalkeeper Thanos Saatsakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cyprus's Thanos Saatsakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Börge Tidéksson in the 33rd minute of play. Cyprus's Thanos Saatsakis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Cyprus from getting a goal against them. Giorgos Neymar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Blue Warriors™'s Pedro Luiz Dantas got a free kick in the 38th minute. Giannis Konstantinou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hektor Fitrakis in the 41st minute of play. 46 minutes into the match, Hektor Fitrakis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Giannis Konstantinou. Blue Warriors™'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hektor Fitrakis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Akis Bouzios to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Börge Tidéksson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Blue Warriors™ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. After 55 played minutes Blue Warriors™ got a freekick which was hit by Beno Perzivović. If Akis Bouzios had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 60th minute, Hektor Fitrakis reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Giannis Konstantinou. The goal made the score 3-2. Cyprus's Thanos Saatsakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Börge Tidéksson in the 63rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Blue Warriors™'s Fabio Cannata got a free kick in the 63rd minute. After 68 minutes, Hektor Fitrakis made it 3-3 with a short kick to the right side. Blue Warriors™'s Giannis Konstantinou tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Blue Warriors™ made a substitution. Momo Falah replaced Eldar Huseinović. Blue Warriors™ made a substitution. Yuan Bin Liang replaced Fabio Cannata. When the match clock showed 77 minutes, the score became 4-3 when Momo Falah sped through Cyprus's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Thanos Saatsakis. Thanos Saatsakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Murat Zelenika, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. In the 82nd minute, Iphiklos Patrianakos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanos Saatsakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Luiz Dantas in the 83rd minute of play. 84 minutes into the match, Cyprus's goal looked a bit too open when Börge Tidéksson came free, but Thanos Saatsakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 88 minutes into the match, Cyprus's goal looked a bit too open when Murat Zelenika came free, but Thanos Saatsakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 90 minutes into the match, Cyprus's goal looked a bit too open when Pat Rice came free, but Thanos Saatsakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cyprus's Thanos Saatsakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Murat Zelenika in the 91st minute of play. After 95 minutes, Muzafer Mašić mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Blue Warriors™ and the Cyprus players grew even worse after the yellow card. Muzafer Mašić kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Blue Warriors™ had won after a very even match.