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Les Avengeres Arena
Spectators: 7261 (Terracing: 5447, Seating: 1670, VIP seats: 144) Huracan de Saladillo's Narciso Sanduru 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. Paulo Foro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cecilio Euloxu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 7th minute, Cleto Cuarto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Honorio Gutxi in the 9th minute of play forced Les Avengeres's goalkeeper Ciriaco Criston to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Les Avengeres's Ciriaco Criston played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Teodoro Arias in the 12th minute of play. When Cleto Cuarto came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the Les Avengeres 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 Cleto Cuarto couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filomeno Mendebal in the 20th minute of play forced Les Avengeres's goalkeeper Ciriaco Criston to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Les Avengeres's Ciriaco Criston played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Narciso Sanduru in the 27th minute of play. Les Avengeres's Matias Frans shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 29th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Paulo Foro but with some difficulty. With 33 minutes on the clock, Cleto Cuarto commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee gave Huracan de Saladillo a penalty, 35 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Francisco Gaskon, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Les Avengeres's Ciriaco Criston. 0-1. In the 45th match minute, Huracan de Saladillo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teodoro Arias to maneuver through the defense. 48 minutes into the match, Les Avengeres's goal looked a bit too open when Honorio Gutxi came free, but Ciriaco Criston reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cecilio Euloxu was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes had been played when some careless play by Huracan de Saladillo's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cecilio Euloxu was slow to take the kick. During this time Les Avengeres's players had a chance to rest. In the 61st minute of the game, Narciso Sanduru landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. Jacinto Ostargi charged in rather forcefully in the 61st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jacinto Ostargi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 69th match minute, Les Avengeres was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cecilio Euloxu to maneuver through the defense. In the 73rd minute, Honorio Gutxi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Huracan de Saladillo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Ciriaco Criston showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaime Bieito in the 78th minute of the match. Jonatan Montrel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Paulo Foro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Honorio Gutxi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ciriaco Criston having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Honorio Gutxi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Huracan de Saladillo's supporters rose to their feet, but Honorio Gutxi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ciriaco Criston breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.