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MARAKANA
Spectators: 9216 (Terracing: 6914, Seating: 2119, VIP seats: 183) Raik Topuz made the kick off and thus started the match. Florian Plouffe received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Henri Holmström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Henri Holmström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raik Topuz, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. FK CRVENA ZVEZDA's Henri Holmström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raik Topuz in the 7th minute of play. Olympique Fribourg's Patrick Knechtli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Olympique Fribourg from getting a goal against them. After 12 minutes Olympique Fribourg's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ziggy Zigdon who took care of the corner kick. The corner led FK CRVENA ZVEZDA's Sinclair Ulrich to a score. 1-0 in the 12th minute. After 16 played minutes FK CRVENA ZVEZDA got a freekick which was hit by Bartlomiej Rzentkowski. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Florian Plouffe managed to get in a good position for a shot. Olympique Fribourg's supporters rose to their feet, but Florian Plouffe was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Henri Holmström breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thanks to some nice moves Volmar Boyer could shoot a difficult shot in the 23rd minute, which Patrick Knechtli however easily saved by the left post. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by Olympique Fribourg's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ziggy Zigdon was slow to take the kick. During this time FK CRVENA ZVEZDA's players had a chance to rest. 26 minutes into the match, FK CRVENA ZVEZDA's goal looked a bit too open when Florian Plouffe came free, but Henri Holmström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 28th minute Olympique Fribourg were awarded a corner. Daniel Schroeder went to the cornerflag to take it. Henri Holmström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raik Topuz in the 30th minute of play. 33 minutes into the match, Olympique Fribourg's goalkeeper Patrick Knechtli had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Volmar Boyer. Henri Holmström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gene Emmenegger in the 34th minute of play. A collision led to Olympique Fribourg getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Medero Gadea hit a great ball. Patrick Knechtli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raphael Fruehauf in the 36th minute of play. Volmar Boyer could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Patrick Knechtli made a huge save. Bartlomiej Rzentkowski kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. The supporters of Olympique Fribourg booed when FK CRVENA ZVEZDA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raphael Fruehauf didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florian Plouffe in the 46th minute of play forced FK CRVENA ZVEZDA's goalkeeper Henri Holmström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Henri Holmström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Medero Gadea in the 47th minute of the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fu Sen Yi to make the kick off. In the 51st minute Volmar Boyer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrick Knechtli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Henri Holmström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raik Topuz in the 54th minute of the match. Medero Gadea hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. FK CRVENA ZVEZDA's Henri Holmström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save FK CRVENA ZVEZDA from getting a goal against them. Fred Stutz was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 65th minute. Olympique Fribourg's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. FK CRVENA ZVEZDA's Franco Babst was substituted for Johnny Geiger. After a rather tough play, Olympique Fribourg's Matt Metzger got a free kick in the 71st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raphael Fruehauf in the 73rd minute of play forced Olympique Fribourg's goalkeeper Patrick Knechtli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Henri Holmström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fred Stutz in the 74th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ziggy Zigdon in the 75th minute of play forced Olympique Fribourg's goalkeeper Patrick Knechtli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Florian Plouffe could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Henri Holmström made a huge save. Patrick Knechtli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Volmar Boyer, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Henri Holmström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Medero Gadea, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Medero Gadea blasted a shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Henri Holmström having to make a save. Henri Holmström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raik Topuz in the 94th minute of play. FK CRVENA ZVEZDA's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.