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La Manta
Spectators: 7170 (Terracing: 5379, Seating: 1649, VIP seats: 142) Amado Abreu made the kick off and thus started the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Marcial Mateo during the 2nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Curhuani's Marcial Mateo got a free kick in the 2nd minute. The audience was convinced that Aristides Feliz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Baldomiro Nerio was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. Nicanor Quilo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Honorio Lartaun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Chinurris Murris's Baldomiro Nerio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aristides Feliz in the 17th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicanor Quilo in the 22nd minute of play forced Chinurris Murris's goalkeeper Baldomiro Nerio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arnoldo Lobo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amado Abreu in the 31st minute of the match. In the 33rd minute, Honorio Lartaun ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arnoldo Lobo was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Arnoldo Lobo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amado Abreu in the 39th minute of the match. In the 41st minute, Marcelo Domingues hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 44 minutes Curhuani's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mateo Cristofor who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Chinurris Murris's corner Mateo Cristofor fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Arnoldo Lobo quite easily take care of the ball. After 48 minutes, Mateo Cristofor mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Chinurris Murris and the Curhuani players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 48th minute, Mateo Cristofor hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Aristides Feliz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Arnoldo Lobo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonathan Erauso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cesar Espiridion kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. In the 66th match minute, Chinurris Murris was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Martin Aznar to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Erauso's late challenge caught a Curhuani's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jonathan Erauso helped the player get up and apologised. In the 68th minute, Jonathan Erauso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Curhuani's Marcelo Domingues shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 69th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Baldomiro Nerio but with some difficulty. If Alvaro Tiso had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 77thth minute of the game Amado Abreu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Curhuani's Arnoldo Lobo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of Curhuani booed when Chinurris Murris was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mateo Cristofor didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Amado Abreu in the 88th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Arnoldo Lobo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Arnoldo Lobo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amado Abreu in the 90th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aristides Feliz in the 91st minute of play forced Chinurris Murris's goalkeeper Baldomiro Nerio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nicanor Quilo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Baldomiro Nerio having to interfere. Cecilio Mannie's late challenge caught a Curhuani's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cecilio Mannie helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Chinurris Murris's Cecilio Mannie got a free kick in the 96th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 97th minute, Aristides Feliz managed to get in a good position for a shot. Curhuani's supporters rose to their feet, but Aristides Feliz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Baldomiro Nerio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Chinurris Murris had won after a very even match.