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Estadio Pichanas
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Stathis Papafotiou made the kick off which started today's match. Gualterio Loiola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benicio Erdiano in the 2nd minute of the match. In the 4th minute, Dawid Zabrzeski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Espinillo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Dawid Zabrzeski blasted a shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gualterio Loiola having to make a save. In the 13th minute Stathis Papafotiou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gualterio Loiola saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 17 minutes, Stathis Papafotiou put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Gualterio Loiola. After a rather tough play, Pichanas AFC's Jonas Txeru got a free kick in the 20th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Stathis Papafotiou managed to get in a good position for a shot. Espinillo's supporters rose to their feet, but Stathis Papafotiou was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gualterio Loiola breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 25 minutes, Marciano Manex mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pichanas AFC and the Espinillo players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 26th minute, Marciano Manex hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Espinillo's zone, Dalmacio Hodei stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Freddy Evarado came out of the goal and Dalmacio Hodei tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Marciano Manexs short, quick shot in the 32ndth minute got Freddy Evarado to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Pichanas AFC's Marciano Manex was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 32nd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Robustiano Ongile hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Gualterio Loiola came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by Espinillo's Stathis Papafotiou. But to his dismay, Stathis Papafotiou quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Victoriano Lia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Freddy Evarado made a huge save. When Espinillo's Stathis Papafotiou in the 44th minute got a chance for a shot 44th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Pichanas AFC's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benicio Erdiano in the 46th minute of play forced Pichanas AFC's goalkeeper Gualterio Loiola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The wind increased when Victoriano Lia made the kick off in the second half. After having played for 52 minutes, Dalmacio Hodei managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pichanas AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dalmacio Hodei was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Espinillo's Freddy Evarado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victoriano Lia in the 58th minute of play. A hard shot 61 in the game by Stathis Papafotiou from a close distance when the talented Gualterio Loiola managed to make a qualified save. Pichanas AFC's players were relieved. In the 65th minute, Benicio Erdiano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Espinillo booed when Pichanas AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Victoriano Lia didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dawid Zabrzeski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Espinillo's zone, Victoriano Lia stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Freddy Evarado came out of the goal and Victoriano Lia tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dalmacio Hodei during the 73rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 73rd match minute, Pichanas AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dalmacio Hodei to maneuver through the defense. Stathis Papafotiou did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-5 to the left of a surprised Gualterio Loiola 76 minutes into the match. When Marciano Manex was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 80 minutes had been played. In the 81st match minute, Pichanas AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marciano Manex to maneuver through the defense. 82 minutes into the match, Pichanas AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Stathis Papafotiou came free, but Gualterio Loiola reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Prohar Khramczankov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Gualterio Loiola tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Espinillo's Dawid Zabrzeski slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Gualterio Loiola. That made the score 1-7 after 92 minutes of play. When the match was over Espinillo could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Pichanas AFC throughout the match.