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Estadio Niquela
Spectators: 6723 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Rafael Maria Betanzos got the match started through his kick off. After 3 minutes, Carlos Alberto Massú mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Niquela and the Concepcion AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Jorge Pena stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rafael Maria Betanzos's shot from short distance in the 5th minute. When the match clock showed 7 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Rafael Maria Betanzos sped through Niquela's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jorge Pena. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Edgar Angeloni during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Niquela getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Edgar Angeloni hit a great ball. With a little luck, Concepcion AFC's Jose Ramon Angeloni got control of the ball when Yoel Gandarillas tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 17th match minute, Concepcion AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Erasmo Machado to maneuver through the defense. In the 21st minute, Yoel Gandarillas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jose Ramon Angeloni was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Paco Bombal in the 26th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jose Ramon Angeloni prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jose Ramon Angeloni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yoel Gandarillas in the 27th minute of play. Bermejo Rojo kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. In the 29th minute, Paco Bombal 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. When Yoel Gandarillas came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the Niquela 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 Yoel Gandarillas couldn't finish the play. Niquela's attack was well implemented in the 37th minute, but when Paco Bombal was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. In the 39th minute, Pere Frost hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Enzo Martini 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Enzo Martini in the 48th minute of play forced Niquela's goalkeeper Jorge Pena to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Paco Bombal to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paco Bombal in the 52nd minute of play forced Concepcion AFC's goalkeeper Jose Ramon Angeloni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 54 played minutes, Niquela's Blanco Astaburuaga shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jose Ramon Angeloni came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Niquela reached it. In the 56th minute, Paco Bombal 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. Jose Ramon Angeloni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paco Bombal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 64th minute, Enzo Martini 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. Cerilo Dittborn sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Concepcion AFC getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Pere Frost hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Paco Bombal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jose Ramon Angeloni was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. Jorge Pena made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rafael Maria Betanzos in the 80th minute of play. If Rafael Maria Betanzos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jorge Pena took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rafael Maria Betanzos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jose Ramon Angeloni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paco Bombal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paco Bombal scored 2-1 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jose Ramon Angeloni, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Yoel Gandarillas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Yoel Gandarillas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jose Ramon Angeloni having to interfere.