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Whittlesey Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Yasir Guevara got the match started through his kick off. After 3 minutes of play, Guatitlan's Valeriu Timaru made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Elias Portillo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Valeriu Timaru took the ball and in the 10 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Elias Portillo. Elias Portillo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. A collision led to Guatitlan getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Félix Pinho hit a great ball. When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Valeriu Timaru put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Elias Portillo. Valeriu Timaru received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Elias Portillo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Liviu Mitroi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Elias Portillo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valeriu Timaru in the 23rd minute of play. After having played for 25 minutes, Félix Pinho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Guatitlan's supporters crossed their fingers, but Félix Pinho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 27 minutes into the match, Comunicaciones FC's goal looked a bit too open when Valeriu Timaru came free, but Elias Portillo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Guatitlan's Valeriu Timaru in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Comunicaciones FC's goalie prevented a goal. Guatitlan were awarded a corner in the 33th minute after Comunicaciones FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Allan Fernandez took the corner. In the 36th minute, Guatitlan's Liviu Mitroi seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Liviu Mitroi the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Guatitlan protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Liviu Mitroi had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 35 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Guatitlan! The goalkeeper, Marcelinho Paulista, was totally fooled by Comunicaciones FC's Salvador Bermudez, who 38 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Disappointed in the 1-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

53 minutes into the match, Valeriu Timaru had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Elias Portillo. Comunicaciones FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Valeriu Timaru was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. The audience was convinced that Valeriu Timaru's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Elias Portillo was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. Marcelinho Paulista took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexander Gallegos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Guatitlan's Valeriu Timaru got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Guatitlan getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Valeriu Timaru hit a great ball. Elias Portillo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Valeriu Timaru in the 74th minute. Henry Pedrozo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Elias Portillo having to interfere. In the 79th minute, Alexander Gallegos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcelinho Paulista was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-5. In the 92ndth minute of the game Edmundson Paddle who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Comunicaciones FC's Elias Portillo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Comunicaciones FC's Elias Portillo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmundson Paddle in the 94th minute of play. After 95 played minutes Comunicaciones FC got a freekick which was hit by Baltazar Tobar. The Comunicaciones FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Guatitlan were clearly better and deserved to take the win.