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Estadio Wanda
Spectators: 7185 (Terracing: 5391, Seating: 1652, VIP seats: 142) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Braulio Honesto took the kick off in the first half of the match. Luciano Lia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Gogo Pelayo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Braulio Honesto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Ildefonso Moise tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ildefonso Moise made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Braulio Honesto in the 16th minute of play. In the 21st minute, Ismael Jobo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Laureano Espiridion's late challenge caught a Manju's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Laureano Espiridion helped the player get up and apologised. In the 27th minute, Laureano Espiridion hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Elvio Figueroa got free with Ildefonso Moise in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 35th match minute, Maderas AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iker Oidor to maneuver through the defense. After 36 minutes, Luciano Lia mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Maderas AFC and the Manju players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Maderas AFC getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Luciano Lia hit a great ball. Maderas AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 39th minute, when Braulio Honesto scored to the left of an out of position Ildefonso Moise, making the score, 2-0. After 43 played minutes Manju got a freekick which was hit by Juan Urre. When Braulio Honesto came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the Manju 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 Braulio Honesto couldn't finish the play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Luciano Lia made a kick off. Braulio Honesto recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 53rdth minute of the game Elvio Figueroa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Maderas AFC's Ildefonso Moise was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ildefonso Moise showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elvio Figueroa in the 55th minute of the match. Lucio Garin hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Braulio Honesto in the 56th minute of play forced Maderas AFC's goalkeeper Ildefonso Moise to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 57 minutes, Lucio Garin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Maderas AFC and the Manju players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Maderas AFC getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Lucio Garin hit a great ball. Elvio Figueroa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Ildefonso Moise tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ildefonso Moise didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Braulio Honesto went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. A collision led to Manju getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Juan Urre hit a great ball. If Luciano Lia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jonathan Tiadoro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Gogo Pelayo made a huge save. Juan Urre charged in rather forcefully in the 70th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Juan Urre the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 70th match minute, Manju was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juan Urre to maneuver through the defense. Luciano Lia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Jonathan Tiadoro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 86 minutes into the match, Maderas AFC's Luciano Lia sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gogo Pelayo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 87 minutes, Marciano Chano mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Manju and the Maderas AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Marciano Chano hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Gogo Pelayo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luciano Lia in the 90th minute of play. Ildefonso Moise took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elvio Figueroa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 93 played minutes Maderas AFC got a freekick which was hit by Emilio Estefan. For all the effort they put into the match, the Maderas AFC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Manju.