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Palestina Garden
Spectators: 7266 (Terracing: 5451, Seating: 1671, VIP seats: 144) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Hector Oto started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes, Rosendo Miro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Club Social & Cultural and the YOLY FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Rosendo Miro kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. If Felix Tallia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Cesar Galsino fell near the penalty area in the 16th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored YOLY FC's protests and gave Cesar Galsino a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, YOLY FC's Cesar Galsino got a free kick in the 16th minute. Constantino Rocendo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Tallia in the 17th minute of play. The supporters of Club Social & Cultural booed when YOLY FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cesar Galsino didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rosendo Miro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Constantino Rocendo made a huge save. Armando Clodio took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 26th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Hipolito Rosalio. Club Social & Cultural's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Hipolito Rosalio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hector Oto in the 27th minute of play. Baldomero Oinaz took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 33rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Hipolito Rosalio. Club Social & Cultural's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Anselmo Eduino during the 37th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 37 played minutes YOLY FC got a freekick which was hit by Anselmo Eduino. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Felix Tallia to make the kick off. Felix Tallia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Constantino Rocendo having to interfere. Hipolito Barto's late challenge caught a YOLY FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hipolito Barto helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Club Social & Cultural getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Hipolito Barto hit a great ball. 59 minutes into the match, Felix Tallia notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of YOLY FC's Constantino Rocendo. Constantino Rocendo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 67 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Club Social & Cultural! Justino Erramu shot the penalty kick right outside the post. When Club Social & Cultural's Felix Tallia in the 73rd minute got a chance for a shot 73rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye YOLY FC's goalie prevented a goal. Hector Oto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Constantino Rocendo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felix Tallia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With an all-out effort, YOLY FC's Hipolito Rosalio threw himself towards the right post 81 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Hector Oto, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 82ndth minute of the game Felix Tallia who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but YOLY FC's Constantino Rocendo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. YOLY FC's Constantino Rocendo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cornelio Estebe in the 84th minute of play. The supporters of YOLY FC booed when Club Social & Cultural was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Felix Tallia didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arnaldo Ariando fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hipolito Rosalio having to interfere. Club Social & Cultural's defense didn't have a chance, in the 91st minute, when Hector Oto scored to the left of an out of position Hipolito Rosalio, making the score, 2-1. Felix Tallia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 98th minute. Constantino Rocendo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Club Social & Cultural's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.