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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Astor Menendo made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the game, Florentino Jakue cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Venancio Neron was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Hilario Valerio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from John Rudolph went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Hilario Valerio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacobo Marcones, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. John Rudolph took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Hilario Valerio. Hilario Valerio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. After some careless play in the Tierra Fertil defense, Astor Menendo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hilario Valerio. The Tierra Fertil fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hilario Valerio should have stopped the shot. In the 25th minute of the match, Florentino Jakue got a very nice opportunity to score, but Venancio Neron was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Venancio Neron made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cecilio Hug in the 26th minute of play. Hilario Valerio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Astor Menendo, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Tierra Fertil's Hilario Valerio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jacobo Marcones in the 36th minute of play. 1-5 became the score in the 40th minute when Domingo Quintyn elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. The Tierra Fertil players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Rio Galaxy were winning 1-5.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cecilio Hug to make the kick off. Venancio Neron took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Florentino Jakue, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Francisco Weterio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Venancio Neron was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. In the 58th minute Astor Menendo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hilario Valerio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Florentino Jakue recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Venancio Neron came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by Tierra Fertil's Francisco Weterio. But to his dismay, Francisco Weterio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-5. Venancio Neron showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florentino Jakue in the 66th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Francisco Weterio in the 67th minute of play forced Rio Galaxy's goalkeeper Venancio Neron to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Astor Menendo in the 68th minute of play forced Tierra Fertil's goalkeeper Hilario Valerio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hilario Valerio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jacobo Marcones in the 72nd minute of play. In the 73rd minute, Jacobo Marcones reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Hilario Valerio. The goal made the score 2-6. 77 minutes into the game, Cecilio Hug cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-6. Venancio Neron was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Hilario Valerio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Astor Menendo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Cecilio Hug fell near the penalty area in the 81st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tierra Fertil's protests and gave Cecilio Hug a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Rio Galaxy booed when Tierra Fertil was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cecilio Hug didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jacobo Marcones fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hilario Valerio having to interfere. Tierra Fertil's defense didn't have a chance, in the 84th minute, when Astor Menendo scored to the left of an out of position Hilario Valerio, making the score, 3-7. In the 87th minute, Rio Galaxy's Astor Menendo ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Hilario Valerio. Hilario Valerio yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-8. 92 minutes into the match, Tierra Fertil's goal looked a bit too open when Domingo Quintyn came free, but Hilario Valerio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rio Galaxy's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.