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plainmoor ground
Spectators: 7223 (Terracing: 5419, Seating: 1661, VIP seats: 143) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Elias Firmin started the match with the kick off. Fausto Castulo was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 5 minutes into the match. After 3 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for TORQUAY! The referee gave Acevedo a penalty, 6 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Daniel Jerrald, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of TORQUAY's Esteve Torres. 0-1. After a defensive mix-up in TORQUAY's zone, Joaquin Maidana stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Esteve Torres came out of the goal and Joaquin Maidana tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Esteve Torres took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Esteve Oihenarte, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With his leg Leonides Faro managed to avoid a goal in the 19thth minute, when TORQUAY's Delmar Firman fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 20 minutes into the match, Delmar Firman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Leonides Faro. Acevedo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Delmar Firman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. When Esteve Oihenarte came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the Acevedo 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 Esteve Oihenarte couldn't finish the play. If Joaquin Maidana had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Esteve Oihenarte came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the Acevedo 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 Esteve Oihenarte couldn't finish the play. Esteve Torres made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Esteve Oihenarte in the 37th minute of play. Esteve Torres showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Esteve Oihenarte, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. When Daniel Jerrald fell near the penalty area in the 46th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Acevedo's protests and gave Daniel Jerrald a yellow card for diving instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 49th minute, Delmar Firman managed to get in a good position for a shot. TORQUAY's supporters rose to their feet, but Delmar Firman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Leonides Faro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

The wind increased when Esteve Oihenarte made the kick off in the second half. Delmar Firman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the TORQUAY defense, Joaquin Maidana kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Esteve Torres. The TORQUAY fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Esteve Torres should have stopped the shot. German Vistruario's late challenge caught a Acevedo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. German Vistruario helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, TORQUAY's German Vistruario got a free kick in the 64th minute. In the 65th minute, Daniel Jerrald fired a really elegant long shot, but Esteve Torres threw himself and managed to get hold of the ball just in front of the right post. In the 68th minute the ball was on its way in behind TORQUAY's goalkeeper Esteve Torres, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 83rd minute, Joaquin Maidana 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. Joaquin Maidana's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 95thth minute, Esteve Torres skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal.