League

San Francisco Arena
Spectators: 7845 (Terracing: 5885, Seating: 1804, VIP seats: 156) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Utoh Bachdim got the match started through his kick off. Thorben Grill received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Ali Jegham tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ali Jegham was out of position in the 8 minute of play, and Thorben Grill capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Thorben Grill really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind A.S.Saint Ethiene's goalkeeper Ali Jegham, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Eskil Vester took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Utoh Bachdim, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by A.S.Saint Ethiene's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aldis Krumholds was slow to take the kick. During this time October 04's players had a chance to rest. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emilio Cascajares got free with Ali Jegham in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ali Jegham showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emilio Cascajares, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After 26 played minutes October 04 got a freekick which was hit by Aníbal Correia. If Emilio Cascajares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a little luck, A.S.Saint Ethiene's Ali Jegham got control of the ball when Emilio Cascajares tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 30 minutes, Emilio Cascajares managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. October 04's supporters crossed their fingers, but Emilio Cascajares 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 32nd match minute, October 04 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aníbal Correia to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to October 04 getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Cai Yuan hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Fiori Cerezo managed to get in a good position for a shot. A.S.Saint Ethiene's supporters rose to their feet, but Fiori Cerezo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eskil Vester breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 35 played minutes A.S.Saint Ethiene got a freekick which was hit by Valdomiro Vander. Ali Jegham made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when Emilio Cascajares sent off a good shot on target. When Emilio Cascajares came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the October 04 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 Emilio Cascajares couldn't finish the play. A collision led to A.S.Saint Ethiene getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Valdomiro Vander hit a great ball. In the 46th minute, Valdomiro Vander hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Emilio Cascajares to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the game, October 04's Emilio Cascajares nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ali Jegham made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Eskil Vester showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nico Williams, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. The audience was convinced that Utoh Bachdim's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eskil Vester was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. In the 60th minute, Emilio Cascajares 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. Ali Jegham showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thorben Grill in the 62nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emilio Cascajares in the 65th minute of play forced A.S.Saint Ethiene's goalkeeper Ali Jegham to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 66th match minute, October 04 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cai Yuan to maneuver through the defense. October 04's Lauro Gaúcho was substituted for Andrey Nazarov. After a rather tough play, October 04's Cai Yuan got a free kick in the 67th minute. In the 68th minute of the match Fiori Cerezo shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Eskil Vester showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Emilio Cascajares blasted a shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ali Jegham having to make a save. In the 70th minute Emilio Cascajares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ali Jegham saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ali Jegham showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emilio Cascajares in the 73rd minute of the match. After some careless play in the A.S.Saint Ethiene defense, Emilio Cascajares kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ali Jegham. The A.S.Saint Ethiene fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ali Jegham should have stopped the shot. Emilio Cascajares might have been able to make a better finish in the 77th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ali Jegham. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Emilio Cascajares ran back to his position shaking his head. Ali Jegham showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emilio Cascajares in the 77th minute of the match. Thorben Grill scored 5-0 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ali Jegham, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 85th minute Thorben Grill shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ali Jegham saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cleto Florian made in the 87th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Teodoro Camargo immediately put the ball in play. Pran Labitte fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ali Jegham having to interfere. Thorben Grill fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ali Jegham having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Emilio Cascajares in the 98th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ali Jegham prevented the ball from getting in the gole.