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Arena Orla
Spectators: 8492 (Terracing: 6370, Seating: 1953, VIP seats: 169) Gilson Castro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 9th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Orly getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Sugoi Torralba hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Art Salmons in the 15th minute of play forced Orly's goalkeeper Bruno Urti to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 17 minutes Orly's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mark Carlton who took care of the corner kick. Sebastian Barrette tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Bruno Urti. An unnecessary self made goal, 0-1 in the 17th minute. In the 19th match minute, MURGASH was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Shad Funk to maneuver through the defense. Enzo Chuse recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, MURGASH's Olen Zamora got a free kick in the 30th minute. In the 34th match minute, MURGASH was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Olen Zamora to maneuver through the defense. After the first half MURGASH were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Art Salmons stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A sloppy throw-in by Olen Zamora in the 52nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Orly's Hung Marino. After a rather tough play, Orly's Hung Marino got a free kick in the 54th minute. Bruno Urti made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Yann Hobbs sent off a good shot on target. In the 60th minute Leopoldo Schultz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joel Boswell saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yann Hobbs kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. The supporters of Orly booed when MURGASH was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yann Hobbs didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sugoi Torralba fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joel Boswell having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Steven Durham managed to get in a good position for a shot. MURGASH's supporters rose to their feet, but Steven Durham was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bruno Urti breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a little luck, Orly's Bruno Urti got control of the ball when Stevie Finch tried to sneak it across the goal line. The MURGASH supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing MURGASH would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.