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Estadio Balcozna
Spectators: 7263 (Terracing: 5449, Seating: 1670, VIP seats: 144) Ovidio Ihintza made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 14th minute, Ovidio Ihintza made a precise shot to the right of Placido Atarratze. Balcozna FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. In the 17th minute the ball was on its way in behind Balcozna FC's goalkeeper Placido Atarratze, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 18 minutes of play, Palomar F.C.'s Ovidio Ihintza made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Placido Atarratze was left in no man's land by his defense there! Palomar F.C.'s Ovidio Ihintza got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Eduardo Raymundo fell near the penalty area in the 22nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Palomar F.C.'s protests and gave Eduardo Raymundo a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Palomar F.C.'s Eduardo Raymundo got a free kick in the 22nd minute. The audience was convinced that Ovidio Ihintza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Placido Atarratze was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. If Ovidio Ihintza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 30th minute Nicolas Serafo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Placido Atarratze saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by Balcozna FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nicolas Serafo was slow to take the kick. During this time Palomar F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. Urbano Havier received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Placido Atarratze tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nicolas Serafo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Placido Atarratze having to interfere. After some careless play in the Balcozna FC defense, Ovidio Ihintza kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Placido Atarratze. The Balcozna FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Placido Atarratze should have stopped the shot. Ovidio Ihintza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The audience was convinced that Ovidio Ihintza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Placido Atarratze was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. A collision led to Balcozna FC getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Alberto Onbera hit a great ball. Danilo Boni sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ovidio Ihintza did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-5 to the left of a surprised Placido Atarratze 61 minutes into the match. In the 65th minute Danilo Boni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erasmo Godoy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpected shot in the 66th minute by Ovidio Ihintza got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Urbano Havier sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Placido Atarratze showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ovidio Ihintza, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Nicolas Serafo kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. If Florencio Gartzea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 86th minute Urbano Havier shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Placido Atarratze saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Urbano Havier sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 93 minutes, Nicolas Serafo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Palomar F.C. and the Balcozna FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Palomar F.C.'s Nicolas Serafo got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Ovidio Ihintzas short, quick shot in the 96thth minute got Placido Atarratze to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Palomar F.C.'s players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.