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Spectators: 10828 (Terracing: 8122, Seating: 2490, VIP seats: 216) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when La 李义南 kicked off to start the match. After 4 minutes Flames FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Haywood Michael who took care of the corner kick. Abelardo Manni made a great header on PUKOHAS FC's corner, it was just that Flames FC's Tao Xi managed to reach the ball for a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by La 李义南 in the 7th minute of play forced Flames FC's goalkeeper Tao Xi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Auguste Rose showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miguel Campos, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. After a rather tough play, PUKOHAS FC's Abelardo Manni got a free kick in the 11th minute. The audience was convinced that Alican İçten's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Auguste Rose was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Alican İçten's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Auguste Rose was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. In the 14th minute, Diego Lopes 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. When David Berkowitz came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the Flames FC 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 David Berkowitz couldn't finish the play. La 李义南's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 19thth minute, Tao Xi skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Auguste Rose showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Lopes in the 20th minute of the match. La 李义南 struck a weak shot in the 24th minute. Tao Xi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for PUKOHAS FC. Flames FC's Tao Xi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Flames FC from getting a goal against them. Tao Xi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from La 李义南, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by PUKOHAS FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. David Berkowitz was slow to take the kick. During this time Flames FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in David Berkowitz almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but PUKOHAS FC's Auguste Rose did a great save. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind PUKOHAS FC's goalkeeper Auguste Rose, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Flames FC were awarded a corner in the 39th minute after PUKOHAS FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. David Berkowitz took the corner. Tao Xi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Haywood Michael in the 45th minute. A collision led to PUKOHAS FC getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Abelardo Manni hit a great ball. After 48 minutes of play, Flames FC's Alican İçten made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Auguste Rose was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Alican İçten was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Diego Lopes got free with Auguste Rose in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of PUKOHAS FC booed when Flames FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Berkowitz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tao Xi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from La 李义南 in the 59th minute of the match. In the 60th minute the ball was on its way in behind Flames FC's goalkeeper Tao Xi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Flames FC getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. David Berkowitz hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Flames FC defense, La 李义南 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tao Xi. The Flames FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tao Xi should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Flames FC's Grzegorz Rostow got a free kick in the 71st minute. Miguel Campos's late challenge caught a PUKOHAS FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Miguel Campos helped the player get up and apologised. In the 78th minute Haywood Michael shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tao Xi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Flames FC's goalie and right to Cesaire Querry. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Flames FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. With his leg Auguste Rose managed to avoid a goal in the 88thth minute, when Flames FC's Alican İçten fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When PUKOHAS FC's La 李义南 in the 93rd minute got a chance for a shot 93rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Flames FC's goalie prevented a goal. Tao Xi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Morgan Bermudez in the 99th minute of play.