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Spectators: 4255 (Terracing: 3750, Seating: 500, VIP seats: 5) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alfonso Berto started the match with the kick off. Paulo Gartzi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Jean-Charles Graffin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mauro Batista showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Tevez, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Aureliano Jenaro hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Carlos Tevez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Mauro Batista tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gonzalo Foro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Mauro Batista made a huge save. If Anastasio Aresti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Sepultura getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Aureliano Jenaro hit a great ball. Paulo Gartzi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Jean-Charles Graffin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Carlos Tevez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mauro Batista having to interfere. A collision led to Giant Killing getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Evelio Matia hit a great ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Carlos Tevez made a kick off. Carlos Tevez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Mauro Batista tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Tevez in the 57th minute of play forced Sepultura's goalkeeper Mauro Batista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Anastasio Aresti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mauro Batista showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anastasio Aresti in the 61st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Sepultura's Arnulfo Bakar got a free kick in the 62nd minute. In the 68th minute, Carlos Tevez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mauro Batista was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Alfonso Berto hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. The supporters of Giant Killing booed when Sepultura was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Moises Teofilio didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anastasio Aresti in the 88th minute of play forced Sepultura's goalkeeper Mauro Batista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95th minute Alfonso Berto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jean-Charles Graffin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Giant Killing had played much better football throughout.