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Portugalete
Spectators: 8018 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1858, VIP seats: 160) Donato Flores showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Curcio Alonso in the 4th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Portugalete's Gaz Seward got a free kick in the 8th minute. In the 10th match minute, Portugalete was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Urbasa Casillas to maneuver through the defense. Cosmin Mihuleac sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Cosmin Mihuleac's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Donato Flores was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. When Vodka Stars 1949's Cosmin Mihuleac in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Portugalete's goalie prevented a goal. After 18 minutes of play, Vodka Stars 1949's Curcio Alonso made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Donato Flores was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 27th minute Curcio Alonso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Donato Flores saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cosmin Mihuleac's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Donato Flores read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 27th minute of play. 30 minutes into the match, Portugalete's goal looked a bit too open when Curcio Alonso came free, but Donato Flores reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Portugalete's Donato Flores played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cosmin Mihuleac in the 34th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erik Véber in the 35th minute of play forced Portugalete's goalkeeper Donato Flores to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 36 minutes Portugalete's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Curcio Alonso who took care of the corner kick. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Curcio Alonso in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Donato Flores saved Portugalete from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Curcio Alonso in the 42nd minute of play forced Portugalete's goalkeeper Donato Flores to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 44 minutes, Urbasa Casillas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Portugalete and the Vodka Stars 1949 players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 44th match minute, Portugalete was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Urbasa Casillas to maneuver through the defense. When Erik Véber came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Vodka Stars 1949 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 Erik Véber couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Curcio Alonso in the 47th minute of play forced Portugalete's goalkeeper Donato Flores to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Curcio Alonso made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st match minute, Portugalete was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ibon Torres to maneuver through the defense. 54 minutes into the match, Portugalete's goalkeeper Donato Flores had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cosmin Mihuleac. In the 59th minute Erik Véber shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Donato Flores saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Portugalete booed when Vodka Stars 1949 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Curcio Alonso didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 62nd minute, Curcio Alonso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Batalla in the 64th minute of play forced Portugalete's goalkeeper Donato Flores to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Martin Batalla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Donato Flores having to interfere. Vodka Stars 1949's Santos Valladolid was substituted for Edmundo London. The crowd rose to their feet as Martin Batalla kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Donato Flores. That made the score 0-3 in the 70 minute of play. Cosmin Mihuleac could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Donato Flores made a huge save. In the 78th minute, Vodka Stars 1949's Curcio Alonso dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-4. Donato Flores showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cosmin Mihuleac, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Donato Flores didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Curcio Alonso went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Nektarios Vrachopoulos recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 93rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of Vodka Stars 1949 booed when Portugalete was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nicholas Lama didn't get a good kick on the ball. 97 minutes into the match, Cosmin Mihuleac notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of Portugalete's Donato Flores. Donato Flores was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Vodka Stars 1949'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.