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Gigante de Phoenix
Spectators: 9225 (Terracing: 6920, Seating: 2122, VIP seats: 183) The supporters of El Canalla de Chicago booed when AC DeMiRHaN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Walmir Carneiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Lamar Gallo came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the El Canalla de Chicago 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 Lamar Gallo couldn't finish the play. With an all-out effort, El Canalla de Chicago's Erdem Bayazid threw himself towards the right post 15 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Tom Adams, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 16 minutes AC DeMiRHaN's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Claude Mueller who took care of the corner kick. The corner led El Canalla de Chicago's Claude Mueller to fire away a dangerous shot which Erdem Bayazid despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. A hard shot 18 in the game by Tom Adams from a close distance when the talented Erdem Bayazid managed to make a qualified save. AC DeMiRHaN's players were relieved. 23 minutes into the match, AC DeMiRHaN's goal looked a bit too open when Tom Adams came free, but Erdem Bayazid reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wilbur Hyde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Walter Spivey in the 24th minute of the match. The supporters of El Canalla de Chicago booed when AC DeMiRHaN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Whitney Flanagan didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 31st minute, AC DeMiRHaN's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Domingo Lopez fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. With a little luck, AC DeMiRHaN's Erdem Bayazid got control of the ball when Tom Adams tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Matthew Medrano kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Erdem Bayazid. That made the score 1-1 in the 45 minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Whitney Flanagan to make the kick off. Wilbur Hyde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Walter Spivey in the 54th minute of the match. 59 minutes into the match, Sammy Arellano dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Wilbur Hyde, 1-2. With a little luck, El Canalla de Chicago's Wilbur Hyde got control of the ball when Whitney Flanagan tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a little luck, El Canalla de Chicago's Wilbur Hyde got control of the ball when Whitney Flanagan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Erdem Bayazid showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claude Mueller in the 67th minute of the match. In the 80th minute Claude Mueller shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erdem Bayazid saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claude Mueller in the 81st minute of play forced AC DeMiRHaN's goalkeeper Erdem Bayazid to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erdem Bayazid showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lamar Gallo, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. The audience was convinced that Lamar Gallo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erdem Bayazid was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Richie Rowley in the 86th minute of play forced El Canalla de Chicago's goalkeeper Wilbur Hyde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erdem Bayazid took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Domingo Lopez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 93 minutes of play, El Canalla de Chicago's Justin Raines made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Erdem Bayazid was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the El Canalla de Chicago players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.