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Estadio Mendoza
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Seme Poso started the match with the kick off. 5 minutes into the game, one of IsmaKen FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 7 minutes, Mendoza's Harkaitz Gambo got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Aaron Tielve. After 11 minutes of play, IsmaKen FC's Seme Poso made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ariel Mathey was left in no man's land by his defense there! 17 minutes in the game, Leoiar Roda fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Aaron Tielve having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leoiar Roda in the 24th minute of play forced IsmaKen FC's goalkeeper Aaron Tielve to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gaizko Tariego charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gaizko Tariego the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 26th match minute, IsmaKen FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gaizko Tariego to maneuver through the defense. Basajaun Urrea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aaron Tielve having to interfere. Basajaun Urrea sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Leoiar Roda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Aaron Tielve tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aaron Tielve was a little too slow when Timo Clavell got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 43rd minute. The score was now 3-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Basajaun Urrea to make the kick off. Leoiar Roda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aaron Tielve having to interfere. If Basajaun Urrea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Zuri Heras blasted a shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Aaron Tielve having to make a save. Ariel Mathey didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Javiar Herenchun went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Zuri Heras hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Ariel Mathey stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Seme Poso's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. Aaron Tielve made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Basajaun Urrea in the 80th minute of play. A collision led to IsmaKen FC getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Oroitz Icazate hit a great ball. After having played for 84 minutes, Basajaun Urrea managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mendoza's supporters crossed their fingers, but Basajaun Urrea was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Zuri Heras fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aaron Tielve having to interfere. Basajaun Urrea sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Jatsu Alire managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mendoza's supporters rose to their feet, but Jatsu Alire was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aaron Tielve breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Basajaun Urrea recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 90th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 93rd minute, Timo Clavell got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Basajaun Urrea sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mendoza's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.