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Arocena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ivan Cordairo made the kick off which started today's match. After 4 minutes of play, Le Petard's Fabio Betadur made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gaston Etxeberri was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Le Petard's Fabio Betadur, in the 9th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Le Petard. Alfonso Sansone received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Gaston Etxeberri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fabio Betadur took the ball and in the 11 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gaston Etxeberri. Gaston Etxeberri dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. In the 16th minute, Maximo Leocadio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 19 minutes, Carolo Aguilera mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Arocena and the Le Petard players grew even worse after the yellow card. Arocena's Gaston Etxeberri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabio Betadur in the 31st minute of play. Alfonso Sansone scored 1-3 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gaston Etxeberri, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 37th minute, Ivan Cordairo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lino Fonda was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. Lino Fonda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ivan Cordairo in the 42nd minute of play. Florentino Guter's late challenge caught a Arocena's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Florentino Guter helped the player get up and apologised. The Arocena players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Le Petard were winning 2-3.

Lino Fonda stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marcial Rumaldo's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. Lino Fonda didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ivan Cordairo went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score. When Romeo Cordara fell near the penalty area in the 62nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Arocena's protests and gave Romeo Cordara a yellow card for diving instead. Gaston Etxeberri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabio Betadur in the 65th minute of play. The supporters of Le Petard booed when Arocena was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gogo Urtungo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Maximo Abascal hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. If Arnulfo Acevedo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With an all-out effort, Le Petard's Gaston Etxeberri threw himself towards the right post 81 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Alfonso Sansone, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Lino Fonda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcial Rumaldo in the 82nd minute of the match. In the 89th match minute, Arocena was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Romeo Cordara to maneuver through the defense. When Le Petard's Fabio Betadur in the 91st minute got a chance for a shot 91st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Arocena's goalie prevented a goal. 94 minutes into the game, Maximo Abascal was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Arocena's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Le Petard the free kick. The supporters of Le Petard booed when Arocena was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Maximo Abascal didn't get a good kick on the ball. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.