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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ubendu Verganza started the match with the kick off. Nestor Docio's late challenge caught a Cienciano's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nestor Docio helped the player get up and apologised. If Rodrigo Medinilla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Cienciano getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Vitorino Soto hit a great ball. Efraim Arechavala fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Txanton Bascal having to interfere. Xiao Zotes might have been able to make a better finish in the 18th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hanni Machuca. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Xiao Zotes ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 21st minute, Ubendu Verganza fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Efraim Arechavala sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cienciano's Txanton Bascal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ubendu Verganza in the 26th minute of play. After some careless play in the Cienciano defense, Efraim Arechavala kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Txanton Bascal. The Cienciano fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Txanton Bascal should have stopped the shot. When sporchiclayo's Ubendu Verganza in the 31st minute got a chance for a shot 31st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cienciano's goalie prevented a goal. After having played for 37 minutes, Rodrigo Medinilla managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cienciano's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rodrigo Medinilla was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Txanton Bascal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ubendu Verganza in the 41st minute of the match. If Efraim Arechavala had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Txanton Bascal stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ubendu Verganza's shot from short distance in the 44th minute. 48 minutes into the match, Xiao Zotes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hanni Machuca. sporchiclayo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Xiao Zotes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rodrigo Medinilla to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute, Ubendu Verganza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Ubendu Verganza came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the sporchiclayo 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 Ubendu Verganza couldn't finish the play. After 66 minutes, Nestor Docio made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. Cienciano's Txanton Bascal tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. During the 78th minute of the match Nestor Docio completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Nestor Docio a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The supporters of Cienciano booed when sporchiclayo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nestor Docio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Efraim Arechavala received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Txanton Bascal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rainerio Ochotorena received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Txanton Bascal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Txanton Bascal came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by sporchiclayo's Efraim Arechavala. But to his dismay, Efraim Arechavala quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Beremundo Bedia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Txanton Bascal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Efraim Arechavala in the 95th minute of play. Efraim Arechavala fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Txanton Bascal having to interfere. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. sporchiclayo had played much better football throughout.