League

National Olympic
Spectators: 10900 (Terracing: 8176, Seating: 2507, VIP seats: 217) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Christoff Helssens started the match with the kick off. Lukasz Rasialdo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christoff Helssens, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. Christoff Helssens received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lukasz Rasialdo came out and tried to block the shot, but Christoff Helssens slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 8th minute. After having played for 13 minutes, Alberto de Souza managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. --FIRELAND--'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Alberto de Souza was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 15th match minute, --FIRELAND-- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hans Eklund to maneuver through the defense. --FIRELAND--'s Lukasz Rasialdo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christoff Helssens in the 20th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Christoff Helssens got free with Lukasz Rasialdo in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, --FIRELAND--'s Lukasz Rasialdo got control of the ball when Cristian Abechuco tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 25 minutes, Allahyar Bädiyev managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ☆Azerbaijan☆ Land of fire's supporters crossed their fingers, but Allahyar Bädiyev was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Lukasz Rasialdo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Isgändär Ağamaliyev, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. ☆Azerbaijan☆ Land of fire were furious when Michael Laudrup was red carded, 39 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 41st minute there was a penalty for --FIRELAND--. Vüqar Daşdämirov stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Aristides Bittor. 1-2. Lukasz Rasialdo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christoff Helssens in the 44th minute of the match. 46 minutes into the game, one of ☆Azerbaijan☆ Land of fire:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After the first half --FIRELAND-- were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alberto de Souza to make the kick off. In the 54th match minute, ☆Azerbaijan☆ Land of fire was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sadiq Salmanov to maneuver through the defense. In the 55th minute, Zeynal Malişov 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. A collision led to --FIRELAND-- getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Xaläddin Qährämanov hit a great ball. --FIRELAND--'s Lukasz Rasialdo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christoff Helssens in the 58th minute of play. Lukasz Rasialdo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Akif Äläkbärov went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. When Allahyar Bädiyev fell near the penalty area in the 62nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ☆Azerbaijan☆ Land of fire's protests and gave Allahyar Bädiyev a yellow card for diving instead. After 63 played minutes ☆Azerbaijan☆ Land of fire got a freekick which was hit by Allahyar Bädiyev. In the 67th minute, Anselmo Vasco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alberto de Souza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aristides Bittor having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isgändär Ağamaliyev in the 69th minute of play forced --FIRELAND--'s goalkeeper Lukasz Rasialdo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lukasz Rasialdo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christoff Helssens, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, ☆Azerbaijan☆ Land of fire's Cristian Abechuco got a free kick in the 82nd minute. In the 84th minute Alberto de Souza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aristides Bittor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 85th minute --FIRELAND-- were awarded a corner. Zeynal Malişov went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Zeynal Malişov got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Aristides Bittor quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Lucho Valdez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Aristides Bittor made a huge save. Lukasz Rasialdo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Christoff Helssens's shot from short distance in the 90th minute. The --FIRELAND-- players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented ☆Azerbaijan☆ Land of fire from taking control. The game ends in a draw.