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Alejaclauser f.c.
Spectators: 7184 (Terracing: 5390, Seating: 1652, VIP seats: 142) Instituto Juniors's Armando Otsando started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 3 minutes, Conrado Gartzea mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Instituto Juniors and the ALEJACLAUSER18 players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Instituto Juniors getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Conrado Gartzea hit a great ball. When Florencio Selatse fell near the penalty area in the 6th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ALEJACLAUSER18's protests and gave Florencio Selatse a yellow card for diving instead. In the 6th match minute, ALEJACLAUSER18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Florencio Selatse to maneuver through the defense. Conrado Gartzea hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Victorino Ferdinand showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florencio Selatse in the 9th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Cesar Ebardo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florencio Selatse in the 19th minute of play forced Instituto Juniors's goalkeeper Victorino Ferdinand to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cesar Ebardo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Victorino Ferdinand tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Victorino Ferdinand showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florencio Selatse in the 23rd minute of the match. Instituto Juniors's Rolando Pitin got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 33 minutes, Cesar Ebardo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ALEJACLAUSER18's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cesar Ebardo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Cesar Ebardo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Victorino Ferdinand made a huge save. Cesar Ebardo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 47 minutes, Armando Otsando mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Instituto Juniors and the ALEJACLAUSER18 players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Instituto Juniors's Armando Otsando got a free kick in the 47th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Florencio Selatse to make the kick off. In the 54th minute, Conrado Gartzea got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The supporters of Instituto Juniors booed when ALEJACLAUSER18 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eliseo Senon didn't get a good kick on the ball. Victorino Ferdinand showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florencio Selatse in the 60th minute of the match. When Armando Otsando came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Instituto Juniors 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 Armando Otsando couldn't finish the play. If Rolando Pitin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 65th match minute, ALEJACLAUSER18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ariel Mark to maneuver through the defense. 69 minutes into the game, ALEJACLAUSER18's Cesar Ebardo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Victorino Ferdinand made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Cesar Ebardo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Victorino Ferdinand read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 73rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florencio Selatse in the 77th minute of play forced Instituto Juniors's goalkeeper Victorino Ferdinand to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Instituto Juniors defense, Florencio Selatse kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Victorino Ferdinand. The Instituto Juniors fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Victorino Ferdinand should have stopped the shot. When Florencio Selatse came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the ALEJACLAUSER18 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 Florencio Selatse couldn't finish the play. Conrado Gartzea's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Julian Herena read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 87th minute of play. Florencio Selatse received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Victorino Ferdinand tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Severo Orlan, 96 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Instituto Juniors's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.