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Palmitas Alem
Spectators: 7495 (Terracing: 5622, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Gică Hagi kicked off to start the match. Radowit Dudek charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Radowit Dudek the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 3rd match minute, Palmitas Alem was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Radowit Dudek to maneuver through the defense. In the 4thth minute of the game Gică Hagi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Palmitas Alem's Eliseo Pepillo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Eliseo Pepillo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miguel Moise in the 6th minute of the match. When Radowit Dudek came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Palmitas Alem 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 Radowit Dudek couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the Palmitas Alem defense, Fausto Natanael kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eliseo Pepillo. The Palmitas Alem fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eliseo Pepillo should have stopped the shot. Palmitas Alem's Eliseo Pepillo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fausto Natanael in the 26th minute of play. Eliseo Pepillo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fausto Natanael's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. In the 29thth minute of the game Fausto Natanael who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Palmitas Alem's Eliseo Pepillo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Eliseo Pepillo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gică Hagi in the 33rd minute of the match. Eliseo Pepillo came out of the goal in the 39th minute to try and stop a shot by Caballito's Fausto Natanael. But to his dismay, Fausto Natanael quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Radowit Dudek stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Eliseo Pepillo was out of position in the 55 minute of play, and Fausto Natanael capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Fausto Natanael really showed his touch with that goal: 0-6. Eliseo Pepillo came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by Caballito's Fausto Natanael. But to his dismay, Fausto Natanael quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. 62 minutes into the game, Fausto Natanael cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-8. Eliseo Pepillo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Gică Hagi struck a weak shot in the 70th minute. Eliseo Pepillo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Caballito. After a rather tough play, Palmitas Alem's Iker Iaki got a free kick in the 73rd minute. João Barbosa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Eliseo Pepillo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Palmitas Alem's zone, Shi Ying Jian stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eliseo Pepillo came out of the goal and Shi Ying Jian tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. João Barbosas short, quick shot in the 81stth minute got Eliseo Pepillo to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Palmitas Alem's Eliseo Pepillo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gică Hagi in the 82nd minute of play. Eliseo Pepillo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gică Hagi, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Caballito's Gică Hagi slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Eliseo Pepillo. That made the score 0-11 after 86 minutes of play. João Barbosa took the ball and in the 91 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eliseo Pepillo. Eliseo Pepillo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-12.