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Estadio Quiñihual
Spectators: 6662 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1662, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Benjamin Eutor kicked off to start the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Benjamin Eutor kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Siro Marko. That made the score 1-0 in the 3 minute of play. Manteca Fc's Geronimo Balendin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvaro Senin in the 9th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ovidio Cambranes during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ovidio Cambranes hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Geronimo Balendin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alvaro Senin in the 14th minute of play. Celestino Mero received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Geronimo Balendin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Leoni FC's Alvaro Senin got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Alvaro Senin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Geronimo Balendin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 28 minutes into the game, Manteca Fc's Aristides Aresti nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Siro Marko made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Leoni FC's Siro Marko proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Leoni FC from getting a goal against them. Leoni FC's Siro Marko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benjamin Eutor in the 32nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Manteca Fc's Fausto Pedroso got a free kick in the 35th minute. Geronimo Balendin came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by Leoni FC's Alvaro Senin. But to his dismay, Alvaro Senin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. With a little luck, Leoni FC's Siro Marko got control of the ball when Aristides Aresti tried to sneak it across the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Alvaro Senin made a kick off. In the 59th minute of the match, Alvaro Senin tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Geronimo Balendin saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvaro Senin in the 67th minute of play forced Manteca Fc's goalkeeper Geronimo Balendin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 72 minutes of play, Leoni FC's Alvaro Senin made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Geronimo Balendin was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, Manteca Fc's Geronimo Balendin got control of the ball when Alvaro Senin tried to sneak it across the goal line. Alvaro Senin did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-3 to the left of a surprised Geronimo Balendin 79 minutes into the match. Martin Larra scored 3-4 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Geronimo Balendin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 89thth minute of the game Alvaro Senin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Manteca Fc's Geronimo Balendin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Leoni FC's Alvaro Senin in the 90th minute got a chance for a shot 90th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Manteca Fc's goalie prevented a goal. Leoni FC played a much better game than Manteca Fc and deserved their victory. The Manteca Fc players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.