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Sergio Navarro
Spectators: 7592 (Terracing: 5700, Seating: 1752, VIP seats: 140) Erubiel Osoro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anastasio Hori in the 4th minute of the match. In the 5th minute of the match AVE FENIX got a corner. Hacha y Tiza FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Placido Erasto ran over to the corner to take the kick. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Clemente Bihar during the 15th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of AVE FENIX booed when Hacha y Tiza FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Clemente Bihar didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 16th minute, German Tartalo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Erubiel Osoro was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 19th minute German Tartalo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erubiel Osoro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Anastasio Hori in the 21st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Erubiel Osoro saved Hacha y Tiza FC from getting behind. After 23 minutes of play, AVE FENIX's German Tartalo made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Erubiel Osoro was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Ladislao Lobo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erubiel Osoro was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. 32 minutes into the match, German Tartalo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Erubiel Osoro. Hacha y Tiza FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that German Tartalo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. In the 36th minute Anastasio Hori shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erubiel Osoro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Erubiel Osoro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Anastasio Hori went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. If German Tartalo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for German Tartalo to strike the kick off in the second half. After 58 played minutes AVE FENIX got a freekick which was hit by German Tartalo. In the 62nd minute Clemente Bihar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cosme Ihintza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 63rd minute Fabricio Xabel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cosme Ihintza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65th minute Clemente Bihar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cosme Ihintza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cosme Ihintza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Clemente Bihar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cosme Ihintza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Clemente Bihar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. German Tartalo came free with the goalkeeper in the 71st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Erubiel Osoro could save by the left post. Fernando Peruxu kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. A collision led to AVE FENIX getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Placido Erasto hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Clemente Bihar in the 79th minute of play forced AVE FENIX's goalkeeper Cosme Ihintza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 80th minute Clemente Bihar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cosme Ihintza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. AVE FENIX's Cosme Ihintza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Clemente Bihar in the 86th minute of play. Cosme Ihintza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fernando Peruxu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cosme Ihintza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Clemente Bihar, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Fernando Peruxu's late challenge caught a AVE FENIX's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fernando Peruxu helped the player get up and apologised. The AVE FENIX supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing AVE FENIX would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.