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CARPATHIA
Spectators: 10791 (Terracing: 8094, Seating: 2482, VIP seats: 215) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Pankracy Gardocki made the kick off which started today's match. Carpathia's Colin Colt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivor Whitehead in the 4th minute of play. Edu de Sousa struck a weak shot in the 6th minute. Colin Colt didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for El Expreso. Colin Colt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivor Whitehead, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. 16 minutes into the game, El Expreso's Edu de Sousa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Colin Colt made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Ivor Whitehead kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Colin Colt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ivor Whitehead, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Carpathia's Koos Lemmen got a free kick in the 30th minute. The supporters of Carpathia booed when El Expreso was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edu de Sousa didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edu de Sousa in the 36th minute of play forced Carpathia's goalkeeper Colin Colt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Colin Colt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zhu Quan in the 37th minute of the match. The supporters of El Expreso booed when Carpathia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daniel Rotherfield didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 43rd minute, Ivor Whitehead made a precise shot to the right of Colin Colt. Carpathia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. The supporters of El Expreso booed when Carpathia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Borys Purzycki didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Carpathia players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. El Expreso were winning 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ivor Whitehead to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Ivor Whitehead had to leave the field with a concussion. 52 minutes into the game, Clive Galloway was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Carpathia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave El Expreso the free kick. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 52nd minute of the game. One of Carpathia:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of El Expreso:s goal. Edu de Sousa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Colin Colt having to make a save. Carpathia were awarded a corner in the 61th minute after El Expreso's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Viktor László took the corner. Carpathia's Viktor László was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Dennis Baldwin in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Daniel Rotherfield kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind Carpathia's goalkeeper Colin Colt, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. El Expreso's Dennis Baldwin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Borys Purzycki in the 69th minute of play. After 70 played minutes Carpathia got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Rotherfield. Dani Sánchez's shot from long distance was a real pearl which went to the right and just passed Colin Colt - 0-4 was put on the score board in the 71st minute. In the 74th play minute Zhu Quan came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Colin Colt. 0-5. 78 minutes into the match, Carpathia's goalkeeper Colin Colt had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Thanos Siokos. 80 minutes into the match, Edu de Sousa dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Colin Colt, 0-6. Zhu Quan's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Colin Colt firmly grabbed it by the left post. After 88 minutes of play, El Expreso's Edu de Sousa made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Colin Colt was left in no man's land by his defense there! Borys Purzycki hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Colin Colt was a little too slow when Edu de Sousa got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 95th minute. The score was now 0-8. When the final whistle sounded El Expreso left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Carpathia.