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Estadio Russell
Spectators: 7250 (Terracing: 5439, Seating: 1667, VIP seats: 144) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Esteve Salvino kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute, Benjamin Lapurdi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hernan Nel's late challenge caught a Gamba Tesa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hernan Nel helped the player get up and apologised. 7 minutes into the game, one of Russell AFC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Guillermo Beltza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arsenio Beltxe in the 10th minute of play. Filomeno Eladio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Laureano Cucao in the 14th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Gamba Tesa's Benjamin Lapurdi got a free kick in the 15th minute. Esteve Salvino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Guillermo Beltza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arsenio Beltxe in the 20th minute of play forced Russell AFC's goalkeeper Guillermo Beltza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd match minute, Gamba Tesa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlos Bibiano to maneuver through the defense. In the 23rd minute of the match Paolo Bastian sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Filomeno Eladio skillfully saved the ball. After 23 minutes of play Gamba Tesa's Benjamin Lapurdi was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 24th minute, Benjamin Lapurdi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gervasio Harri's late challenge caught a Russell AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gervasio Harri helped the player get up and apologised. In the 32nd minute, Laureano Cucao fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. 41 minutes into the game, Paolo Bastian was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Russell AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Gamba Tesa the free kick. In the 41st match minute, Russell AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paolo Bastian to maneuver through the defense. In the 43rd minute of the match Gervasio Harri sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Guillermo Beltza skillfully saved the ball. After 43 minutes, Fabio Serafo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Russell AFC and the Gamba Tesa players grew even worse after the yellow card. Fabio Serafo hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Arsenio Beltxe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Guillermo Beltza having to interfere.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Laureano Cucao stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Russell AFC's Fabio Serafo got a free kick in the 51st minute. Filomeno Eladio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Horacio Lapurdi went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Paolo Bastian kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. Guillermo Beltza made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arsenio Beltxe in the 64th minute. 70 minutes into the match, Russell AFC's goalkeeper Guillermo Beltza had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Arsenio Beltxe. Oscar Lopez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Guillermo Beltza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Arsenio Beltxe came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Gamba Tesa 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 Arsenio Beltxe couldn't finish the play. Guillermo Beltza made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Cristo Sarracino sent off a good shot on target. Guillermo Beltza made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arsenio Beltxe in the 83rd minute. Arsenio Beltxe who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 86thth minute tested the skills of Guillermo Beltza when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After 88 minutes Russell AFC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gervasio Harri who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Cristo Sarracino heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Bernardino Mogel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Filomeno Eladio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Filomeno Eladio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Laureano Cucao in the 94th minute of the match. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Russell AFC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Gamba Tesa had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.