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Estadio Maimará
Spectators: 6664 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1664, VIP seats: 0) Maimará's Venancio Astrada 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. Constantino Vargas took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Zeledon Romano. Zeledon 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. Constantino Vargas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Zeledon Romano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Constantino Vargas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Desiderio Suarez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin Jaume, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Desiderio Suarez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin Jaume, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Evelio Sazon in the 19th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Desiderio Suarez prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 20th minute Venancio Astrada shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zeledon Romano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Desiderio Suarez stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Martin Jaume's shot from short distance in the 25th minute. Siro Loi charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Siro Loi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Venancio AFC booed when Maimará was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Siro Loi didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 30th minute, Martin Jaume 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. 32 minutes into the match, Venancio AFC's Evelio Sazon sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Desiderio Suarez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Evelio Sazon in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Desiderio Suarez saved Maimará from getting behind. Martin Jaume fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Desiderio Suarez having to interfere. Evelio Sazon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Desiderio Suarez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Martin Jaume sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Desiderio Suarez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Evelio Sazon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Constantino Vargas took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Zeledon Romano to make any attempt to save it. After 46 minutes of play Venancio AFC's Saturnino Ciceron 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. Siro Loi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 50th minute. Zeledon Romano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Martin Jaume was the one to do the kick off. 57 minutes into the game, Clemente Matxin recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Desiderio Suarez. Clemente Matxin showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. After recieving a nice pass, Maimará's Florentino Lalla tried to score from far away in the 65th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Martin Jaume got free with Desiderio Suarez in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 71 minutes into the match, Martin Jaume had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Desiderio Suarez. Maimará's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Martin Jaume was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. A collision led to Maimará getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Florentino Lalla hit a great ball. 77 minutes into the game, Hugo Elequemedo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Venancio AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Maimará the free kick. Hugo Elequemedo hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. In the 78th minute, Venancio Astrada 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Evelio Sazon managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venancio AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Evelio Sazon was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Desiderio Suarez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some careless play in the Venancio AFC defense, Venancio Astrada kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zeledon Romano. The Venancio AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zeledon Romano should have stopped the shot. Martin Jaume fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Desiderio Suarez having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Maimará's zone, Rodolfo Frechoso stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Desiderio Suarez came out of the goal and Rodolfo Frechoso tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Delmar Sanchez charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Delmar Sanchez the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Delmar Sanchez kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. The supporters of Maimará booed when Venancio AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Clemente Matxin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Martin Jaume fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Desiderio Suarez having to interfere. Venancio AFC were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.