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Elías Figueroa Brand
Spectators: 8400 (Terracing: 6300, Seating: 1932, VIP seats: 168) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Valiente Passalacqua kicked off to start the match. Ludomil Rozanski scored 0-1 in the 6th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Carlo Matetich, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 9th minute, Abelardo Bertiz managed to get in a good position for a shot. Spectre FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Abelardo Bertiz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Carlo Matetich breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Ludomil Rozanski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carlo Matetich was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. A collision led to Valpo UXX getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Valiente Passalacqua hit a great ball. 15 minutes into the match, Abelardo Bertiz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Carlo Matetich. Valpo UXX's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abelardo Bertiz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Ludomil Rozanski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Carlo Matetich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Abelardo Bertiz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Abelardo Bertiz came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Spectre FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Abelardo Bertiz couldn't finish the play. Ludomil Rozanski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 31st minute, Abelardo Bertiz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Carlo Matetich was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. In the 35th minute Ludomil Rozanski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlo Matetich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 36th minute Abelardo Bertiz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlo Matetich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 37 minutes into the match, Valpo UXX's goal looked a bit too open when Ludomil Rozanski came free, but Carlo Matetich reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Spectre FC's Ludomil Rozanski got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Abelardo Bertiz 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. Ludomil Rozanski might have been able to make a better finish in the 41st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Carlo Matetich. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ludomil Rozanski ran back to his position shaking his head. Carlo Matetich showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abelardo Bertiz in the 44th minute of the match. After 45 minutes, Valiente Passalacqua mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Valpo UXX and the Spectre FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ludomil Rozanski was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, Spectre FC's Ludomil Rozanski got a free kick in the 50th minute. In the 52nd minute, Xavi Bautista hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Abelardo Bertiz struck a weak shot in the 56th minute. Carlo Matetich didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Spectre FC. In the 57th match minute, Valpo UXX was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adriel Daughters to maneuver through the defense. Abelardo Bertiz struck a weak shot in the 61st minute. Carlo Matetich didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Spectre FC. Carlo Matetich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ludomil Rozanski in the 62nd minute of play. Abelardo Bertiz received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Carlo Matetich came out and tried to block the shot, but Abelardo Bertiz slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 63rd minute. 66 minutes in the game, Abelardo Bertiz fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Carlo Matetich having to interfere. 68 minutes into the match, Ludomil Rozanski notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Valpo UXX's Carlo Matetich. Carlo Matetich was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Grigore David struck a weak shot in the 71st minute. Carlo Matetich didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Spectre FC. Carlo Matetich made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Ludomil Rozanski sent off a good shot on target. Ludomil Rozanski had several of the Valpo UXX's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 75 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-6 score and a disappointed Carlo Matetich as he didn't even see the shot coming. Ludomil Rozanski got a fine position in front of goal ttaking advantage of the opportunity to rumble in 0-7 in the right cross in the 79th match minute before Carlo Matetich had time to react. After 84 minutes, Juan Luis Rueda mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Valpo UXX and the Spectre FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. When the match had been going on for 85 minutes, Spectre FC's Elias Baros 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 Carlo Matetich. If Abelardo Bertiz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ludomil Rozanski blasted a shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Carlo Matetich having to make a save. Spectre FC's Ludomil Rozanski got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Spectre FC's Dante Berau managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Odilón Lambert in the 95 minute of the game. Carlo Matetich showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abelardo Bertiz, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Abelardo Bertiz was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 97th minute. Spectre FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Spectre FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.