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AA Arena
Spectators: 10821 (Terracing: 8117, Seating: 2488, VIP seats: 216) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Merlin Castro kicked off to start the match. Jermaine Richmond showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bennvar Nobel in the 3rd minute of the match. Arvin Hökkvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Merlin Castro in the 12th minute of play. Bennvar Nobel spun around in front of the goal 20 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Khachatryan's goal. Adrián Pádár charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Adrián Pádár the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 22nd minute, Adrián Pádár hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anoush Khalatbari in the 26th minute of play forced Khachatryan's goalkeeper Jermaine Richmond to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jermaine Richmond was out of position in the 33 minute of play, and Anoush Khalatbari capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Anoush Khalatbari really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Arvin Hökkvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernardo Caballero in the 35th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edwin 雷震南 in the 36th minute of play forced Khachatryan's goalkeeper Jermaine Richmond to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. American Airlines's Arvin Hökkvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Merlin Castro in the 42nd minute of play. Arvin Hökkvist came out of the goal in the 44th minute to try and stop a shot by Khachatryan's Merlin Castro. But to his dismay, Merlin Castro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. After 46 played minutes American Airlines got a freekick which was hit by Adrián Pádár. Merlin Castro scored 2-2 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arvin Hökkvist, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Anoush Khalatbari to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bennvar Nobel in the 58th minute of play forced Khachatryan's goalkeeper Jermaine Richmond to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arvin Hökkvist made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tigran Kirakosyan in the 59th minute. 60 minutes into the game, American Airlines's Edwin 雷震南 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jermaine Richmond made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. In the 63rd minute, Edwin 雷震南 got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Jermaine Richmond took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bennvar Nobel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 69th minute, Fabio Cannata made a precise shot to the right of Jermaine Richmond. Khachatryan's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-2. If Tigran Kirakosyan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 76 minutes into the match, Bernardo Caballero had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arvin Hökkvist. American Airlines's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bernardo Caballero was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-3. American Airlines's Arvin Hökkvist proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save American Airlines from getting a goal against them. Khachatryan's Jermaine Richmond played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anoush Khalatbari in the 88th minute of play. 89 minutes into the match, Khachatryan's goal looked a bit too open when Lorenzo Kellogg came free, but Jermaine Richmond reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Merlin Castro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Arvin Hökkvist made a huge save. Merlin Castro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arvin Hökkvist having to interfere. American Airlines's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.