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Cipolleti
Spectators: 7101 (Terracing: 5327, Seating: 1633, VIP seats: 141) Teo Gagriel made the kick off and thus started the match. 4 minutes into the match, Elortondo's Leopoldo Bikendi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Celestino Barea narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Baltasar Lalla's late challenge caught a Las Tunas FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Baltasar Lalla helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Elortondo getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Baltasar Lalla hit a great ball. If Elias Aires had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Elias Aires sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 23 minutes into the match, Las Tunas FC's goal looked a bit too open when Elias Aires came free, but Celestino Barea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Fausto Lizar fell near the penalty area in the 27th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Elortondo's protests and gave Fausto Lizar a yellow card for diving instead. In the 27th match minute, Elortondo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fausto Lizar to maneuver through the defense. Carmelo Tino struck a weak shot in the 28th minute. Blas Buinton didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Las Tunas FC. After 31 minutes, Ruben Eskuin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Las Tunas FC and the Elortondo players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 31st minute, Ruben Eskuin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Leopoldo Bikendi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Celestino Barea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Celestino Barea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leopoldo Bikendi in the 46th minute of the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Elias Aires to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leopoldo Bikendi in the 52nd minute of play forced Las Tunas FC's goalkeeper Celestino Barea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Elias Aires had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Leopoldo Bikendi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Celestino Barea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 72 minutes of play, Elortondo's Elias Aires made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Celestino Barea was left in no man's land by his defense there! Celestino Barea made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Leopoldo Bikendi sent off a good shot on target. Celestino Barea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elias Aires in the 78th minute of play. In the 79th minute, Las Tunas FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Leopoldo Bikendi fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Leopoldo Bikendi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Celestino Barea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 86th minute the ball was on its way in behind Elortondo's goalkeeper Blas Buinton, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 96 minutes into the match, Elortondo's goal looked a bit too open when Alejandro Benvide came free, but Blas Buinton reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Elortondo supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Elortondo would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.