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Complejo La Romana
Spectators: 7622 (Terracing: 5350, Seating: 2122, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Abel Pulido kicked off to start the match. After 3 minutes, Ramiro Patterson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Delfines del Este F.C and the Elite Special Unit players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Delfines del Este F.C getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Ramiro Patterson hit a great ball. Elite Special Unit's David Guajardo got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Delfines del Este F.C's zone, David Guajardo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ulises Estrada came out of the goal and David Guajardo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Feliciano Stewarts had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers David Guajardo in the 22nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ulises Estrada saved Delfines del Este F.C from getting behind. If David Guajardo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Timothy Balaguer blasted a shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ulises Estrada having to make a save. In the 31st minute, one of Delfines del Este F.C:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Delfines del Este F.C. Silvio Alem received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Fabian Duarte tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 36th minute, Ramiro Patterson 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. David Guajardo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ulises Estrada having to make a save. In the 43rd minute David Guajardo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ulises Estrada saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 44 minutes, Timothy Balaguer managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Elite Special Unit's supporters crossed their fingers, but Timothy Balaguer was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the match clock showed 45 minutes, the score became 0-2 when David Guajardo sped through Delfines del Este F.C's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ulises Estrada. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The wind increased when David Guajardo made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Delfines del Este F.C's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Flavio Estévez fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 57th minute, Abel Pulido left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Delfines del Este F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Flavio Estévez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Ulises Estrada tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 62nd play minutes David Guajardo shot 1-3, a short shot which went by Ulises Estrada and just under the crossbar into goal. After a defensive mix-up in Delfines del Este F.C's zone, David Guajardo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ulises Estrada came out of the goal and David Guajardo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 69th minute of the match, David Guajardo tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ulises Estrada saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Timothy Balaguer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Ulises Estrada tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If David Guajardo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. David Guajardo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 82nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 83rd match minute, Delfines del Este F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Silvio Alem to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, Elite Special Unit's David Guajardo tried to score from far away in the 84th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After 88 played minutes David Guajardo rounded Delfines del Este F.C's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-5. Feliciano Stewarts received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Ulises Estrada tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ramiro Patterson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 94th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Elite Special Unit played a much better game than Delfines del Este F.C and deserved their victory. The Delfines del Este F.C players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.