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Villa Tapia Estadio
Spectators: 7682 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 182) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Patrick Palacios got the match started through his kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abel Yáñez got free with Amaury Noboa in the 3rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Patrick Palacios fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pascual Palacio having to interfere. Abel Yáñez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Amaury Noboa made a huge save. In the 13th match minute, La Romana was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Miguel Velasco to maneuver through the defense. Sebastián Beltrán struck a weak shot in the 14th minute. Amaury Noboa didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cuervos de Villa Tapia. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abel Yáñez got free with Amaury Noboa in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Abel Yáñez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 1-0 became the score in the 23rd minute when Julio Quintana elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 32nd minute, Julio Quintana 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. Abel Yáñez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abel Yáñez got free with Amaury Noboa in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gerónimo Godín's late challenge caught a Cuervos de Villa Tapia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gerónimo Godín helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to La Romana getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Gerónimo Godín hit a great ball. In the 38th minute, Abel Yáñez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cuervos de Villa Tapia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Cuervos de Villa Tapia's Julio Quintana got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Julio Quintana received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Amaury Noboa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. La Romana's Amaury Noboa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julio Quintana in the 47th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Cuervos de Villa Tapia's defense didn't have a chance, in the 52nd minute, when Jenaro Silva scored to the left of an out of position Pascual Palacio, making the score, 2-1. In the 55th minute Julio Quintana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amaury Noboa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Julio Quintana managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cuervos de Villa Tapia's supporters rose to their feet, but Julio Quintana was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Amaury Noboa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After having played for 59 minutes, Abel Yáñez managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cuervos de Villa Tapia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abel Yáñez was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Abel Yáñez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to La Romana getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Julio Zapata hit a great ball. Abel Yáñez struck a weak shot in the 63rd minute. Amaury Noboa didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cuervos de Villa Tapia. The audience was convinced that Abel Yáñez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Amaury Noboa was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. Julio Quintana blasted a shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Amaury Noboa having to make a save. In the 71st minute, Gustavino Grazia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 72 minutes into the match, La Romana's goal looked a bit too open when Julio Quintana came free, but Amaury Noboa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Abel Yáñez 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. Amaury Noboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abel Yáñez in the 78th minute of play. Julio Quintana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 85 minutes of play La Romana's Gerónimo Godín was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 85th match minute, La Romana was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gerónimo Godín to maneuver through the defense. When Julio Zapata fell near the penalty area in the 92nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Romana's protests and gave Julio Zapata a yellow card for diving instead. Julio Zapata kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Julio Quintana struck a weak shot in the 95th minute. Amaury Noboa didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cuervos de Villa Tapia. Cuervos de Villa Tapia walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.