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Estadio Hospital
Spectators: 6665 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1665, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Faustino Telena made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Faustino Telena in the 3rd minute of play forced Catevina's goalkeeper Sánchez Cordal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Omar Miruena took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fricson Urtarte, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 12 minutes, Oscar Jove managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. EMELEC JR's supporters crossed their fingers, but Oscar Jove was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 13 played minutes EMELEC JR got a freekick which was hit by Zuzen Afaba. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by EMELEC JR's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Leandro Azpiazu was slow to take the kick. During this time Catevina's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Felix Rafecas managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Xurdin Urguia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Omar Miruena having to interfere. Omar Miruena showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fricson Urtarte, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Xurdin Urguia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Omar Miruena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 30th minute, Oscar Jove 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. Xurdin Urguia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Omar Miruena having to interfere. Oscar Jove fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sánchez Cordal having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Xurdin Urguia to make the kick off. Omar Miruena showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Macias Mazule, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. After a defensive mix-up in Catevina's zone, Oscar Jove stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sánchez Cordal came out of the goal and Oscar Jove tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 63 minutes into the match, Fricson Urtarte notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of EMELEC JR's Omar Miruena. Omar Miruena was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Oscar Jove 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. In the 70th minute, Oscar Jove left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The EMELEC JR fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Xurdin Urguia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Omar Miruena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fricson Urtarte received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Omar Miruena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Omar Miruena made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xurdin Urguia in the 83rd minute of play. Fricson Urtarte recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 86th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The EMELEC JR players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.