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Estadio Balsas
Spectators: 6709 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1709, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Saturnín Pantaleon started the match with the kick off. Saturnín Pantaleon was extremely unlucky when he, in the 4th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. After a rather tough play, Apamica FC's Alonzo Poveda got a free kick in the 5th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Juan Carlos Romeo got free with Luis Eduardo Cotapos in the 6th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Juan Carlos Romeo got free with Luis Eduardo Cotapos in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Quintán Arroyo kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. After 13 minutes of play, Apamica FC's Justino Palben made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luis Alberto Samaniego was left in no man's land by his defense there! 27 minutes into the match, Juan Carlos Romeo notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Apamica FC's Luis Eduardo Cotapos. Luis Eduardo Cotapos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Juan Carlos Romeo who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 31stth minute tested the skills of Luis Eduardo Cotapos when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Saturnín Pantaleon in the 32ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Luis Eduardo Cotapos, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. When Juan Carlos Romeo came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Balsas 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 Juan Carlos Romeo couldn't finish the play. Fermín Fanjul 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. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fermín Fanjul made a kick off. Apamica FC's Luis Eduardo Cotapos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juan Carlos Romeo in the 53rd minute of play. 57 minutes into the match, Apamica FC's goal looked a bit too open when Saturnín Pantaleon came free, but Luis Eduardo Cotapos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luis Eduardo Cotapos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juan Carlos Romeo, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. If Fermín Fanjul had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luis Eduardo Cotapos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Saturnín Pantaleon in the 65th minute of the match. Fermín Fanjul received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Luis Alberto Samaniego tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 70th minute, Balsas's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Fermín Fanjul fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Luis Alberto Samaniego made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fermín Fanjul in the 75th minute. In the 77th minute Saturnín Pantaleon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luis Eduardo Cotapos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Balsas's Fulgencio Vicuña suffered a concussion in the 77th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. Apamica FC's Luis Eduardo Cotapos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrián Bolivar in the 92nd minute of play. After 93 minutes of play, Balsas's Adrián Bolivar made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luis Eduardo Cotapos was left in no man's land by his defense there! For all the effort they put into the match, the Apamica FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Balsas.