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Estadio Esperaza
Spectators: 8099 (Terracing: 6076, Seating: 1862, VIP seats: 161) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lorien Abascal started the match with the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Napier Aballe during the 7th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Esperaza getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Napier Aballe hit a great ball. In the 8th minute Frisco Abadie shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eguen Abenda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 15th minute, Lorien Abascal managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mandinga AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Lorien Abascal was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eguen Abenda breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 22nd minute, Gregorio Abalos sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Esperaza's Eguen Abenda didn't even have to move. A collision led to Mandinga AFC getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Lorien Abascal hit a great ball. Eguen Abenda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lorien Abascal in the 28th minute of the match. Eguen Abenda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lorien Abascal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sauveur Abecias short, quick shot in the 34thth minute got Goizeder Abeijon to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 35th minute, Formerio Aballe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Goizeder Abeijon managed to avoid a goal in the 39thth minute, when Esperaza's Sauveur Abecia fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 42nd minute Fernanco Abenda suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. When Dantel Abaurre fell near the penalty area in the 42nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Mandinga AFC's protests and gave Dantel Abaurre a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Mandinga AFC's Dantel Abaurre got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Sauveur Abecia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sauveur Abecia to make the kick off. The supporters of Esperaza booed when Mandinga AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dantel Abaurre didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 57th minute, Sauveur Abecia 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. In the 68th minute the ball was on its way in behind Esperaza's goalkeeper Eguen Abenda, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Frisco Abadie got free with Eguen Abenda in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Esperaza getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Garci Aballe hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Formerio Aballe managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mandinga AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Formerio Aballe was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eguen Abenda breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Frisco Abadie had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Frisco Abadie received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Eguen Abenda tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Frisco Abadie got free with Eguen Abenda in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.