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Estadio Espinillo
Spectators: 6707 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1707, VIP seats: 0) Oxel Cruz's late challenge caught a Espinillo FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Oxel Cruz helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Artigas's Oxel Cruz got a free kick in the 2nd minute. A collision led to Artigas getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Damario Larrangos hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Bruno Barbari managed to get in a good position for a shot. Espinillo FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Bruno Barbari was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lano Valino breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After recieving a nice pass, Espinillo FC's Faron Lertora tried to score from far away in the 13th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Damario Larrangos might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Petri Ayala. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Damario Larrangos ran back to his position shaking his head. 17 minutes into the match, Artigas's Isauro Castellon sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Petri Ayala narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Petri Ayala showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Isauro Castellon, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 25th minute, Zoilo Licardi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lano Valino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bruno Barbari, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd minute, Damario Larrangos made a precise shot to the right of Petri Ayala. Espinillo FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. A collision led to Artigas getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Oxel Cruz hit a great ball. After having played for 38 minutes, Lalla Casias managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Espinillo FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lalla Casias was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 41st minute, Espinillo FC's Bruno Barbari dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. In the 45th minute, Espinillo FC's Bruno Barbari dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Valdo Arrate's late challenge caught a Espinillo FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Valdo Arrate helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Artigas's Valdo Arrate got a free kick in the 62nd minute. During the 65th minute of the match Valdo Arrate completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Valdo Arrate a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After 66 played minutes Artigas got a freekick which was hit by Valdo Arrate. In the 68th match minute, Artigas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pinto Tarriba to maneuver through the defense. Espinillo FC's Bruno Barbari got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Adrian Mellado's late challenge caught a Espinillo FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Adrian Mellado helped the player get up and apologised. In the 76th minute, Adrian Mellado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 79 minutes, Bruno Barbari made it 3-1 with a short kick to the right side. Artigas's Lano Valino tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 87th minute, Bruno Barbari ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lano Valino was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. Lalla Casias fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lano Valino having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Artigas's Damario Larrangos got a free kick in the 94th minute. After 97 minutes Artigas's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Faron Lertora who took care of the corner kick. Espinillo FC's Faron Lertora was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Lano Valino in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. There was no doubt that Espinillo FC were the better team. Espinillo FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.