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Crystal Palace
Spectators: 8021 (Terracing: 6018, Seating: 1844, VIP seats: 159) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Maxin Fontoya took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 2 minutes, Zdeněk Zajíc mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sporting Cristal F.C. and the Real Madrid players grew even worse after the yellow card. Real Madrid's Baldomero Peso was substituted for Bertol Ozaolaza. After 4 played minutes Sporting Cristal F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Zdeněk Zajíc. Maxin Fontoya fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lalla Respaldiza having to interfere. When Cayo Villalambrus fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sporting Cristal F.C.'s protests and gave Cayo Villalambrus a yellow card for diving instead. 11 minutes into the game, one of Sporting Cristal F.C.:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Real Madrid a penalty, 14 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Gaizka Barreiro, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Sporting Cristal F.C.'s Lalla Respaldiza. 0-1. 16 minutes into the match, Xan Capitan dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Vergaray Aguilar, 1-1. Real Madrid's Vergaray Aguilar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save Real Madrid from getting a goal against them. Vergaray Aguilar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Haritz Soraiz in the 21st minute of the match. After 23 minutes of play, Sporting Cristal F.C.'s Xan Capitan made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vergaray Aguilar was left in no man's land by his defense there! 26 minutes into the match, Haritz Soraiz dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Vergaray Aguilar, 3-1. Vergaray Aguilar was out of position in the 30 minute of play, and Xan Capitan capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Xan Capitan really showed his touch with that goal: 4-1. 34 minutes into the game, Real Madrid's Maxin Fontoya nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lalla Respaldiza made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Xan Capitan got free with Vergaray Aguilar in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 45 minutes into the match, Sporting Cristal F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Mitxel Zotes came free, but Lalla Respaldiza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Maxin Fontoya in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lalla Respaldiza saved Sporting Cristal F.C. from getting behind. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zdeněk Zajíc stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Vergaray Aguilar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zdeněk Zajíc in the 52nd minute of the match. Lalla Respaldiza didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mitxel Zotes went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-3 was the resulting score. Vergaray Aguilar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xan Capitan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 62 minutes into the match, Real Madrid's goal looked a bit too open when Xan Capitan came free, but Vergaray Aguilar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vergaray Aguilar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xan Capitan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zdeněk Zajíc was shown his second yellow card after 70 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The supporters of Real Madrid booed when Sporting Cristal F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zdeněk Zajíc didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vergaray Aguilar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Haritz Soraiz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 74th minute, Eufemio Basabe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Sporting Cristal F.C. booed when Real Madrid was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Silvestre Orsini didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 78th minute Haritz Soraiz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vergaray Aguilar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vergaray Aguilar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xan Capitan, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. In the 81st minute, Real Madrid's Maxin Fontoya ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Lalla Respaldiza. Lalla Respaldiza yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-4. After a rather tough play, Real Madrid's Baldomero Peso got a free kick in the 84th minute. After some careless play in the Real Madrid defense, Xan Capitan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vergaray Aguilar. The Real Madrid fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vergaray Aguilar should have stopped the shot. Haritz Soraiz's late challenge caught a Real Madrid's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Haritz Soraiz helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Real Madrid booed when Sporting Cristal F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Haritz Soraiz didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 94th minute Maxin Fontoya shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lalla Respaldiza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Sporting Cristal F.C. had won after a very even match.