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Match Report
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Spectators: 10901 (Terracing: 8177,
Seating: 2507, VIP seats: 217) With an all-out effort, FC Barcelona's Ásgautur Reimarsson threw himself towards the right post 3 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Vigur Arnleifsson, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Ásgautur Reimarsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marijón Úlfarsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Viggó Ólafsson hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Vignir Sveinsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Össur Ármannsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. After taking down the ball on Manchester United's corner Safír Reynisson fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Vignir Sveinsson quite easily take care of the ball. Manchester United's Ásgautur Reimarsson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save Manchester United from getting a goal against them. In the 25th minute Tryggvi Sigfastsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vignir Sveinsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 29 minutes into the match, FC Barcelona's Lúter Óttarsson broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Ásgautur Reimarsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vigur Arnleifsson in the 31st minute of the match. In the 34th minute, Þangbrandur Böðvarsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vignir Sveinsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Austmar Hjaltason, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. FC Barcelona's Vignir Sveinsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Austmar Hjaltason in the 36th minute of play. Ásgautur Reimarsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vigur Arnleifsson in the 38th minute of play. In the 40th minute Össur Ármannsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vignir Sveinsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vignir Sveinsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Austmar Hjaltason, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute.
The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Vigur Arnleifsson to strike the kick off in the second half. After 51 played minutes Manchester United got a freekick which was hit by Þangbrandur Böðvarsson. Vignir Sveinsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tryggvi Sigfastsson in the 54th minute of play. In the 55th minute of the match Manchester United got a corner. FC Barcelona's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Safír Reynisson ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 60th minute Safír Reynisson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vignir Sveinsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65th minute Kristvin Logason shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ásgautur Reimarsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 67th minute of the match FC Barcelona got a corner. Manchester United's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Lúter Óttarsson ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to FC Barcelona's Kristvin Logason getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Össur Ármannsson in the 72nd minute of play forced FC Barcelona's goalkeeper Vignir Sveinsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in FC Barcelona's zone, Össur Ármannsson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vignir Sveinsson came out of the goal and Össur Ármannsson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Marijón Úlfarsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ásgautur Reimarsson having to interfere. In the 84th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Barcelona's goalkeeper Vignir Sveinsson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Vignir Sveinsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Össur Ármannsson in the 86th minute of the match. 90 minutes into the match, FC Barcelona's goal looked a bit too open when Össur Ármannsson came free, but Vignir Sveinsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vignir Sveinsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Össur Ármannsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Manchester United eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.
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