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Ernani R. Santos
Spectators: 7101 (Terracing: 5327, Seating: 1633, VIP seats: 141) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gogo Tolino made the kick off which started today's match. In the 9th minute, Recompou Storm's Leo Cruz ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Virgilio Jaizki. Virgilio Jaizki yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Mateo Efren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Virgilio Jaizki having to interfere. Peste Rosa's Virgilio Jaizki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leo Cruz in the 21st minute of play. After 26 minutes, David Herauso mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Peste Rosa and the Recompou Storm players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Peste Rosa's David Herauso got a free kick in the 26th minute. Leo Cruz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Virgilio Jaizki made a huge save. Leo Cruz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Virgilio Jaizki having to interfere. With 34 minutes on the clock, Jimeno Ignazio commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Jimeno Ignazio hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Nicolas Beltza's late challenge caught a Recompou Storm's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nicolas Beltza helped the player get up and apologised. After 37 played minutes Peste Rosa got a freekick which was hit by Nicolas Beltza. Peste Rosa's Salvador Eladio got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Bruno George lost his temper 47 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 46th minute, one of Peste Rosa:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Peste Rosa. The goalkeeper, Virgilio Jaizki, was totally fooled by Recompou Storm's Silvestre Jon, who 50 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mateo Efren was the one to do the kick off. Santos Maria came free in the 56th minute and tried to tip the ball over Virgilio Jaizki, but to the joy of Peste Rosa's supporters the ball went over. In the 58th minute, David Herauso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 60 minutes, Mateo Efren managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Recompou Storm's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mateo Efren was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Recompou Storm booed when Peste Rosa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gogo Tolino didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 63 minutes, Mateo Efren managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Recompou Storm's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mateo Efren was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Mateo Efren received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Virgilio Jaizki tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Virgilio Jaizki came out of the goal in the 71st minute to try and stop a shot by Recompou Storm's Mateo Efren. But to his dismay, Mateo Efren quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Mateo Efren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Virgilio Jaizki having to interfere. After 87 played minutes Peste Rosa got a freekick which was hit by Nicolas Beltza. In the 89th minute, Mateo Efren left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Recompou Storm fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. If Mateo Efren had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 100th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Recompou Storm walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.