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Catina
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. Abelardo Esquerra started the match with the kick off. After 2 played minutes Maxcianos Fc got a freekick which was hit by Bartolomé Nordenflycht. When Constantino Barrales came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the Union Española 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 Constantino Barrales couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abelardo Esquerra in the 7th minute of play forced Maxcianos Fc's goalkeeper Juan Alfonso Balart to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Abelardo Esquerra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Natalio Duarte showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amado Coloma, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Urtsín Bezanilla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Natalio Duarte having to interfere. Nafarroa San Miguel's late challenge caught a Maxcianos Fc's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nafarroa San Miguel helped the player get up and apologised. In the 25th match minute, Union Española was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nafarroa San Miguel to maneuver through the defense. 26 minutes into the game, Amado Coloma cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Natalio Duarte was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amado Coloma in the 30th minute of play forced Union Española's goalkeeper Natalio Duarte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Maxcianos Fc booed when Union Española was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Salbatore Barrenechea didn't get a good kick on the ball. Urtsín Bezanilla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Natalio Duarte having to interfere. Natalio Duarte stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Amado Coloma's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. Maxcianos Fc's Juan Alfonso Balart proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save Maxcianos Fc from getting a goal against them. Abelardo Esquerra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Amado Coloma stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 50th minute, Víctor Javier Gallegos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Constantino Barrales sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Union Española's Natalio Duarte got control of the ball when Urtsín Bezanilla tried to sneak it across the goal line. Union Española's Natalio Duarte proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Union Española from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abelardo Esquerra in the 63rd minute of play forced Maxcianos Fc's goalkeeper Juan Alfonso Balart to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Natalio Duarte took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amado Coloma, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Amado Coloma had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amado Coloma in the 71st minute of play forced Union Española's goalkeeper Natalio Duarte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Amado Coloma took a quick shot and it went in 0-2 without a chance for Natalio Duarte to make any attempt to save it. After having played for 81 minutes, Amado Coloma managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Maxcianos Fc's supporters crossed their fingers, but Amado Coloma 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 85th minute Amado Coloma shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Natalio Duarte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 85th minute, Amado Coloma left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Maxcianos Fc fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3.