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Estadio C.A.SIDEM
Spectators: 7130 (Terracing: 5457, Seating: 1673, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sixto Sagrario took the kick off in the first half of the match. Felipe Beltran received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Eloy Txanton tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as C.A. Sidem's Sixto Sagrario slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Eloy Txanton. That made the score 1-0 after 5 minutes of play. Sixto Sagrario might have been able to make a better finish in the 9th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eloy Txanton. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sixto Sagrario ran back to his position shaking his head. Luis Shantala charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luis Shantala the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 13th minute, Luis Shantala hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Augusto Sandalio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adan Leizarraga in the 30th minute of the match. After some careless play in the C.A. Sidem defense, Constantino Laurin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Augusto Sandalio. The C.A. Sidem fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Augusto Sandalio should have stopped the shot. Constantino Laurin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Augusto Sandalio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Augusto Sandalio came out of the goal in the 44th minute to try and stop a shot by Manantiales FC's Constantino Laurin. But to his dismay, Constantino Laurin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. In the 48th minute Constantino Laurin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Augusto Sandalio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The wind increased when Adan Leizarraga made the kick off in the second half. Adan Leizarraga recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 53rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Augusto Sandalio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adan Leizarraga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 56 minutes into the match, Manantiales FC's Adan Leizarraga sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Augusto Sandalio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 59 minutes, Adan Etxekopar mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the C.A. Sidem and the Manantiales FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Manantiales FC booed when C.A. Sidem was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adan Etxekopar didn't get a good kick on the ball. Manantiales FC's Constantino Laurin was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 60th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Constantino Laurin got free with Augusto Sandalio in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Adan Leizarraga received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Augusto Sandalio came out and tried to block the shot, but Adan Leizarraga slotted it home off the left post making it 1-4 in the 67th minute. Augusto Sandalio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adan Leizarraga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Constantino Laurin put it in 1-5 from a short distance just to the right of Augusto Sandalio. Augusto Sandalio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adan Leizarraga in the 77th minute of play. Manantiales FC's Adan Leizarraga got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 81st minute, Constantino Laurin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Manantiales FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-6. A hard shot 87 in the game by Constantino Laurin from a close distance when the talented Augusto Sandalio managed to make a qualified save. C.A. Sidem's players were relieved. Constantino Laurin might have been able to make a better finish in the 89th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Augusto Sandalio. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Constantino Laurin ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 93rd minute Sixto Sagrario shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eloy Txanton saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Manantiales FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.