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Villa Tapia Estadio
Spectators: 7684 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 184) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Julio Quintana got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Leonardo Covarrubias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pascual Palacio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Evaristo Griffin, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. The audience was convinced that Pedro Fierro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pascual Palacio was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Pascual Palacio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alfonso Turnbull, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Pascual Palacio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Fierro in the 14th minute of play. 16 minutes into the game, Pedro Fierro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Pascual Palacio was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 19 minutes into the match, Abel Yáñez notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of El Llano's Bruno Mercedes. Bruno Mercedes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bruno Mercedes didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 22nd minute, which inside left pole to 2-1. In the 27thth minute of the game Alfonso Turnbull who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cuervos de Villa Tapia's Pascual Palacio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Julio Quintana fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bruno Mercedes having to interfere. Pascual Palacio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Evaristo Griffin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 42nd minute Alfonso Turnbull shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pascual Palacio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 43 minutes into the game, Pedro Fierro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Pascual Palacio was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Pedro Fierro charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pedro Fierro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Cuervos de Villa Tapia booed when El Llano was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pedro Fierro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 2-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Pedro Fierro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Alfonso Turnbull 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. Alfonso Turnbull fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pascual Palacio having to interfere. Pascual Palacio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raúl Macedo, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. In the 67th match minute, Cuervos de Villa Tapia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marlón Nolasco to maneuver through the defense. El Llano's Raúl Macedo managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Rodrigo Mena in the 77 minute of the game. Pascual Palacio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raúl Macedo, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. El Llano's Bruno Mercedes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abel Yáñez in the 82nd minute of play. 84 minutes into the game, El Llano's Pedro Fierro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Pascual Palacio made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-5. Gustavo Olivas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 88th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Pascual Palacio was out of position in the 90 minute of play, and Alfonso Turnbull capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alfonso Turnbull really showed his touch with that goal: 2-6. Alfonso Turnbull sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Cuervos de Villa Tapia fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. El Llano were clearly better and deserved to take the win.