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Estadio Pascanas
Spectators: 7259 (Terracing: 5446, Seating: 1669, VIP seats: 144) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Eustacio Ekain started the match with the kick off. Eustacio Ekain received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Alfredo Celino tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eustacio Ekain in the 7th minute of play forced Irving SS's goalkeeper Alfredo Celino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cleto Ermengol took the ball and in the 11 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ovidio Romano. Ovidio Romano dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. A collision led to Liricos FC getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Hector Oto hit a great ball. In the 17th minute, Rosendo Gipuzkoa 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. When Irving SS's Cleto Ermengol in 21 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Ovidio Romano guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. Nicanor Bernard's late challenge caught a Irving SS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nicanor Bernard helped the player get up and apologised. In the 22nd minute, Nicanor Bernard hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cleto Ermengols short, quick shot in the 23rdth minute got Ovidio Romano to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Delmar Romano in the 28th minute of play forced Liricos FC's goalkeeper Ovidio Romano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 31 minutes, Maximiliano Kiliz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Irving SS and the Liricos FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Maximiliano Kiliz hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. When Liricos FC's Eustacio Ekain in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Irving SS's goalie prevented a goal. Ovidio Romano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Delmar Romano in the 35th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cleto Ermengol got free with Ovidio Romano in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Delmar Romano's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ovidio Romano read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 57th minute of play. Hector Oto hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. If Eustacio Ekain had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Delmar Romano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Ovidio Romano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Delmar Romano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Cleto Ermengol managed to get in a good position for a shot. Irving SS's supporters rose to their feet, but Cleto Ermengol was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ovidio Romano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Dionisio Umea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.