League

Rangers Park
Spectators: 9299 (Terracing: 6976, Seating: 2138, VIP seats: 185) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mac Karlen kicked off to start the match. Mac Karlen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Stanislav Yakovlev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. New England Tea Men were awarded a corner in the 7th minute after Uebeschi Rangers's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Martin Gruenenfelder took the corner. New England Tea Men's Torsten Probst was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Stanislav Yakovlev in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Stanislav Yakovlev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Josep Miquelarena, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 10th minute, Uebeschi Rangers's Tor Sundén seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Tor Sundén the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Uebeschi Rangers protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Tor Sundén had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In a very dangerous position, a player in Uebeschi Rangers fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 10th minute. Penalty! Stanislav Yakovlev had in the 11thth minute some difficulties stopping Denis Teodor's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Stanislav Yakovlev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mac Karlen, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Stanislav Yakovlev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denis Teodor in the 16th minute of play. An unexpected shot in the 18th minute by Felipe Bachelard got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Benedetto Louis kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Victoriano Dunixi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Metin Kayaalp's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. In the 24th minute Denis Teodor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stanislav Yakovlev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Uebeschi Rangers's Stanislav Yakovlev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mac Karlen in the 27th minute of play. In the 30th minute of the match, Metin Kayaalp tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Victoriano Dunixi saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Metin Kayaalp sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Stanislav Yakovlev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mac Karlen in the 35th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Metin Kayaalp in the 36th minute of play forced New England Tea Men's goalkeeper Victoriano Dunixi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 39th minute the ball was on its way in behind New England Tea Men's goalkeeper Victoriano Dunixi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Josep Miquelarena in the 43rd minute of play forced Uebeschi Rangers's goalkeeper Stanislav Yakovlev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 46th match minute, Uebeschi Rangers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ole Grotto to maneuver through the defense. Uebeschi Rangers's Stanislav Yakovlev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Josep Miquelarena in the 47th minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

After some careless play in the New England Tea Men defense, Metin Kayaalp kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Victoriano Dunixi. The New England Tea Men fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Victoriano Dunixi should have stopped the shot. After having played for 59 minutes, Marinus Bonato managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. New England Tea Men's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marinus Bonato was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Stanislav Yakovlev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denis Teodor in the 61st minute of play. The supporters of Uebeschi Rangers booed when New England Tea Men was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Torsten Probst didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Josep Miquelarena got free with Stanislav Yakovlev in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 70 played minutes New England Tea Men got a freekick which was hit by Marinus Bonato. Victoriano Dunixi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Metin Kayaalp in the 74th minute of play. In the 76th minute, Florian Lagnaz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Uebeschi Rangers fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. After 85 minutes of play, New England Tea Men's Denis Teodor made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stanislav Yakovlev was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mac Karlen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Stanislav Yakovlev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Uebeschi Rangers's Stanislav Yakovlev got control of the ball when Josep Miquelarena tried to sneak it across the goal line. 94 minutes into the match, Uebeschi Rangers's goal looked a bit too open when Josep Miquelarena came free, but Stanislav Yakovlev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. New England Tea Men's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.