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Spectators: 7710 (Terracing: 5784, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Martin Palermo made the kick off which started today's match. Riquelme 10's Arnulfo Baleren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Palermo in the 5th minute of play. Arnulfo Baleren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Palermo in the 7th minute of the match. RoKoCoKo TeaM were awarded a corner in the 8th minute after Riquelme 10's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Hector Speed took the corner. The corner ended in Hector Speed almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Riquelme 10's Arnulfo Baleren did a great save. Arnulfo Baleren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jax Van Landschoot in the 10th minute of play. In the 13th minute, Abelardo Gamus left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The RoKoCoKo TeaM fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Arnulfo Baleren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abelardo Gamus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Abelardo Gamus scored 0-2 in the 16th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arnulfo Baleren, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Arnulfo Baleren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Palermo in the 19th minute of play. Riquelme 10's Arnulfo Baleren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Palermo in the 30th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Palermo in the 31st minute of play forced Riquelme 10's goalkeeper Arnulfo Baleren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, RoKoCoKo TeaM's Jax Van Landschoot got a free kick in the 31st minute. Riquelme 10's Arnulfo Baleren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Palermo in the 34th minute of play. A collision led to RoKoCoKo TeaM getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Rosendo Che hit a great ball. Daniel Pichichi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 36th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 38th minute, Freddy Socorro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tim Tarasek was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Daniel Pichichi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Santio Obana hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. In the 46th minute, Hector Speed 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. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Pichichi to strike the kick off in the second half. Martin Palermo's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 56thth minute, Arnulfo Baleren skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When Martin Palermo came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the RoKoCoKo TeaM 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 Martin Palermo couldn't finish the play. Arnulfo Baleren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abelardo Gamus in the 66th minute of the match. Martin Palermo who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 73rdth minute tested the skills of Arnulfo Baleren when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Tim Tarasek didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kalpanatha Varma went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Arnulfo Baleren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abelardo Gamus in the 79th minute of play. 81 minutes into the game, Freddy Socorro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Tim Tarasek was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abelardo Gamus in the 85th minute of play forced Riquelme 10's goalkeeper Arnulfo Baleren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tim Tarasek stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kalpanatha Varma's shot from short distance in the 87th minute. In the 90th minute, Gustavo Marz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Riquelme 10 were victorious despite being under pressure from RoKoCoKo TeaM for much of the match.