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MANDINGA
Spectators: 6707 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1657, VIP seats: 50) Espinillo's Feliberto Tabby 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. After 5 minutes, Prudencio Oxel mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Dyablo and the Espinillo players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 5th minute, Prudencio Oxel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Teofilo Sansone received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Carlos Remir tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 8th minute, Teofilo Sansone fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Carlos Remir, passed just outside the right post. If Domingos Ieltxu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 16th minute, Jonatan Enaut hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With an all-out effort, Dyablo's Carlos Remir threw himself towards the right post 17 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Teofilo Sansone, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With a little luck, Espinillo's Carlos Remir got control of the ball when Prudencio Oxel tried to sneak it across the goal line. Teofilo Sansone received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Carlos Remir tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Carlos Remir stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Teofilo Sansone's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. With his leg Carlos Remir managed to avoid a goal in the 24thth minute, when Dyablo's Prudencio Oxel fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Angelo Eguzki received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Carlos Remir tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Teofilo Sansone sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Prudencio Oxel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlos Remir having to interfere. 37 minutes into the match, Dyablo's Hugon Chrobak sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Carlos Remir narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Vladimiro Etxepare fell near the penalty area in the 39th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Espinillo's protests and gave Vladimiro Etxepare a yellow card for diving instead. Prudencio Oxel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

54 minutes into the game, Prudencio Oxel cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Carlos Remir was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Carlos Remir showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Angelo Eguzki, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. In the 62nd minute Prudencio Oxel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Remir saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Espinillo getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Raimundo Semeno hit a great ball. Teofilo Sansone recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 63rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Zacarias Lluques's late challenge caught a Dyablo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zacarias Lluques helped the player get up and apologised. Zacarias Lluques hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. In the 82nd minute Teofilo Sansone shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Remir saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Espinillo defense, Teofilo Sansone kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Carlos Remir. The Espinillo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Carlos Remir should have stopped the shot. When the referee ended the match the Dyablo players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.