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Råsundas Minne
Spectators: 7957 (Terracing: 5969, Seating: 1830, VIP seats: 158) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Bernardo Silva got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rinaldo Martino in the 2nd minute of play forced Bahrtys Talanger's goalkeeper Karl Bank to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 3rd minute Xkorpions FC were awarded a corner. Rinaldo Martino went to the cornerflag to take it. Rinaldo Martino made a great header on Xkorpions FC's corner, it was just that Bahrtys Talanger's Karl Bank managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 5thth minute of the game Battal Ufki who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bahrtys Talanger's Karl Bank was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Battal Ufki's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Karl Bank was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Battal Ufki recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Bernardo Silva's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 8thth minute, Sergiu Cioacă skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Bernardo Silva came free with the goalkeeper in the 10th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Sergiu Cioacă could save by the left post. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 14th minute of the game. One of Bahrtys Talanger:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Xkorpions FC:s goal. 15 minutes into the game, Xkorpions FC's Rick Shaw nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Karl Bank made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Karl Bank stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Battal Ufki's shot from short distance in the 20th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Leif Wennerström during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Bahrtys Talanger's Leif Wennerström got a free kick in the 21st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Battal Ufki in the 22nd minute of play forced Bahrtys Talanger's goalkeeper Karl Bank to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Battal Ufki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 35 played minutes Bahrtys Talanger got a freekick which was hit by Ola Blom. Battal Ufki sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bahrtys Talanger's Karl Bank played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rick Shaw in the 41st minute of play. After 42 minutes of play Bahrtys Talanger's Leif Wennerström was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 43rd minute of the match Rinaldo Martino sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Karl Bank skillfully saved the ball. Karl Bank came out of the goal in the 47th minute to try and stop a shot by Xkorpions FC's Rick Shaw. But to his dismay, Rick Shaw quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After the first half Xkorpions FC were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rick Shaw to make the kick off. Bahrtys Talanger's Karl Bank proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Bahrtys Talanger from getting a goal against them. 53 minutes had been played when some careless play by Bahrtys Talanger's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rinaldo Martino was slow to take the kick. During this time Xkorpions FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Xkorpions FC's Rinaldo Martino to fire away a dangerous shot which Karl Bank despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After 57 played minutes Xkorpions FC got a freekick which was hit by Rick Shaw. Dre Schipmans sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Sebastian Håkansson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Karl Bank tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sebastian Håkansson's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Karl Bank firmly grabbed it by the left post. Bahrtys Talanger's defense didn't have a chance, in the 68th minute, when Battal Ufki scored to the left of an out of position Karl Bank, making the score, 0-3. Ola Blom kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Battal Ufki in the 79th minute of play forced Bahrtys Talanger's goalkeeper Karl Bank to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 80th minute Dre Schipmans shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergiu Cioacă saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 81 minutes into the game, Rick Shaw was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Xkorpions FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Bahrtys Talanger the free kick. The audience was convinced that Dre Schipmans's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sergiu Cioacă was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. Karl Bank showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rick Shaw, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rick Shaw in the 91st minute of play forced Bahrtys Talanger's goalkeeper Karl Bank to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Bahrtys Talanger fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Xkorpions FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.