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El Cerealero
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Evaristo Shepherd started the match with the kick off. Domingo Raymond showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teodosio Azubeli in the 7th minute of the match. In the 9th match minute, Xeneises F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fernando Emmanuel to maneuver through the defense. When Teodosio Azubeli came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the ZuKaritas FC 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 Teodosio Azubeli couldn't finish the play. Domingo Raymond came out of the goal in the 13th minute to try and stop a shot by ZuKaritas FC's Evaristo Shepherd. But to his dismay, Evaristo Shepherd quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fernando Emmanuel in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gunnar Nyberg saved ZuKaritas FC from getting behind. After 27 minutes of play, Xeneises F.C.'s Fernando Emmanuel made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gunnar Nyberg was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Simon Manex fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Xeneises F.C.'s protests and gave Simon Manex a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Xeneises F.C. getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Simon Manex hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reynaldo Cambranes in the 34th minute of play forced ZuKaritas FC's goalkeeper Gunnar Nyberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gunnar Nyberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fernando Emmanuel in the 36th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Fernando Emmanuel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gunnar Nyberg was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. Remi Arriagada charged in rather forcefully in the 38th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Remi Arriagada the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Remi Arriagada kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. In the 39thth minute of the game Fernando Emmanuel who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ZuKaritas FC's Gunnar Nyberg was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Fernando Emmanuel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gunnar Nyberg having to interfere. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fernando Emmanuel made a kick off. Fernando Emmanuel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Gunnar Nyberg made a huge save. In the 53rd minute, Remigio Gelmiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 59th match minute, ZuKaritas FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Evaristo Shepherd to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Xeneises F.C. getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Antonio Barrionuevo hit a great ball. Gunnar Nyberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fernando Emmanuel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gregorio Isauro hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Fernando Emmanuel struck a weak shot in the 70th minute. Gunnar Nyberg didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Xeneises F.C.. Hugo Ixidor hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. In the 74th minute, Evaristo Shepherd ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Domingo Raymond was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. Gunnar Nyberg was a little too slow when Fernando Emmanuel got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 77th minute. The score was now 2-3. After 80 played minutes ZuKaritas FC got a freekick which was hit by Lucas Perico. 86 minutes into the match, ZuKaritas FC's goalkeeper Gunnar Nyberg had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fernando Emmanuel. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Reynaldo Cambranes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Xeneises F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Reynaldo Cambranes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gunnar Nyberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Evaristo Shepherd struck a weak shot in the 93rd minute. Domingo Raymond didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ZuKaritas FC. The supporters of Xeneises F.C. booed when ZuKaritas FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tomás Mede didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gunnar Nyberg acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 96th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Antonio Frutos. Xeneises F.C. played a much better game than ZuKaritas FC and deserved their victory. The ZuKaritas FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.