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Villa Rivas
Spectators: 6873 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1873, VIP seats: 0) Kenny Casanova started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 6th minute, Herminio Umaña left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Villa Rivas fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Herminio Umaña sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Herminio Umaña sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Peralta's Mauro Balmaceda got a free kick in the 13th minute. Randor Sanabria was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Isaac Villalba. In the 18thth minute of the game Roy Covarrubias who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Peralta's Randor Sanabria was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Villa Rivas's Roy Covarrubias got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Roy Covarrubias fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Randor Sanabria having to interfere. Roy Covarrubias received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Randor Sanabria tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Randor Sanabria showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Geovanny Cuevas, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Fausto Correa kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 32nd minute of the game. One of Peralta:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Villa Rivas:s goal. Raimundo Castro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Salvador Ramos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kenny Casanova sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raimundo Castro in the 44th minute of play forced Villa Rivas's goalkeeper Salvador Ramos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roy Covarrubias sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Roy Covarrubias to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roy Covarrubias in the 52nd minute of play forced Peralta's goalkeeper Randor Sanabria to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Raimundo Castro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Salvador Ramos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Roy Covarrubias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Raimundo Castro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Isaac Villalba hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. When Ruben Peña fell near the penalty area in the 66th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Villa Rivas's protests and gave Ruben Peña a yellow card for diving instead. In the 66th match minute, Villa Rivas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ruben Peña to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Villa Rivas's Geovanny Cuevas got a free kick in the 71st minute. When Raimundo Castro came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the Peralta 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 Raimundo Castro couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Villa Rivas getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Felicio Mosquera hit a great ball. After having played for 75 minutes, Kenny Casanova managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Peralta's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kenny Casanova was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 78th minute, Roy Covarrubias 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. After a defensive mix-up in Villa Rivas's zone, Raimundo Castro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Salvador Ramos came out of the goal and Raimundo Castro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Herminio Umaña sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Randor Sanabria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Herminio Umaña in the 91st minute of play. Raimundo Castro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Peralta's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.