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Spectators: 7528 (Terracing: 5647, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Frisco Guiles received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Satordi Pumarejo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vedillo Pereta during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Melwood booed when Maicao was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vedillo Pereta didn't get a good kick on the ball. Moise Narganes's late challenge caught a Maicao's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Moise Narganes helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Melwood's Moise Narganes got a free kick in the 11th minute. The audience held their breath when Xzavion Liquiñano in the 13th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Mendiko Fito's left hand side. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Frisco Guiles put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Satordi Pumarejo. 19 minutes into the match, Melwood's Frisco Guiles sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Satordi Pumarejo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Maicao's Satordi Pumarejo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frisco Guiles in the 23rd minute of play. Mendiko Fito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benjamin Olaechea in the 25th minute of the match. 27 minutes into the game, Benjamin Olaechea cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Mendiko Fito was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Frisco Guiles stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Inguma Bado came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Maicao 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 Inguma Bado couldn't finish the play. In the 58th minute Benjamin Olaechea shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mendiko Fito saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Melwood's Mendiko Fito got control of the ball when Dagoberto Ballina tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mendiko Fito made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benjamin Olaechea in the 62nd minute of play. Dagoberto Ballina hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. After 64 played minutes Melwood got a freekick which was hit by Orti Briñas. Dagoberto Ballina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Etxepare Verdenosa's late challenge caught a Maicao's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Etxepare Verdenosa helped the player get up and apologised. Etxepare Verdenosa hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. When Maicao's Benjamin Olaechea in the 69th minute got a chance for a shot 69th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Melwood's goalie prevented a goal. Frisco Guiles sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 76th match minute, Melwood was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zaquiel Leyarte to maneuver through the defense. 78 minutes into the match, Melwood's goalkeeper Mendiko Fito had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dagoberto Ballina. The supporters of Maicao booed when Melwood was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zaquiel Leyarte didn't get a good kick on the ball. Orti Briñas charged in rather forcefully in the 81st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Orti Briñas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 81st minute, Orti Briñas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.