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Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Aaron Tello took the kick off in the first half of the match. The supporters of Matanza and Steelers booed when Leniwce Leniwe was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Radoslaw Gendolla didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Renan Correia came up free with the goalie in the 6th minute, the Matanza and Steelers 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 Renan Correia couldn't finish the play. 8 minutes into the game, César Lucas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Leonard Rostow was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Marek Arendarski charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marek Arendarski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 12th match minute, Leniwce Leniwe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marek Arendarski to maneuver through the defense. Matanza and Steelers's Renan Mendes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hugon Bazan in the 14th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marvin Salamanca in the 15th minute of play forced Leniwce Leniwe's goalkeeper Leonard Rostow to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leniwce Leniwe's defense didn't have a chance, in the 16th minute, when Marvin Salamanca scored to the left of an out of position Leonard Rostow, making the score, 2-0. After 20 minutes Leniwce Leniwe's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Renan Correia who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to Matanza and Steelers's Marvin Salamanca getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Leonard Rostow made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Aaron Tello sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, Leniwce Leniwe's Leonard Rostow got control of the ball when Marvin Salamanca tried to sneak it across the goal line. Leonard Rostow took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacek Limanowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 31 played minutes Leniwce Leniwe got a freekick which was hit by Cyryl Komanski. In the 32nd minute, Leysus Oktavianus ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Leonard Rostow was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Thanks to some nice moves Marvin Salamanca could shoot a difficult shot in the 35th minute, which Leonard Rostow however easily saved by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aaron Tello got free with Leonard Rostow in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 37 minutes into the match, Aaron Tello notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of Leniwce Leniwe's Leonard Rostow. Leonard Rostow was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Leonard Rostow took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leysus Oktavianus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 47th match minute, Matanza and Steelers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marvin Salamanca to maneuver through the defense. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

Leonard Rostow didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Raí Gomes went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. If Aaron Tello had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Leonard Rostow made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marvin Salamanca in the 65th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aaron Tello in the 67th minute of play forced Leniwce Leniwe's goalkeeper Leonard Rostow to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 75 minutes of play, Matanza and Steelers's César Lucas made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leonard Rostow was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Leysus Oktavianus managed to get in a good position for a shot. Matanza and Steelers's supporters rose to their feet, but Leysus Oktavianus was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Leonard Rostow breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aaron Tello in the 92nd minute of play forced Leniwce Leniwe's goalkeeper Leonard Rostow to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.