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Spectators: 6833 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1833, VIP seats: 0) Julio Mondragon made the kick off and thus started the match. Ulises Guzman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 9 played minutes, Real España's David Quintanilla shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ulises Bran came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Real España reached it. Esteban Alfaro's late challenge caught a Real España's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Esteban Alfaro helped the player get up and apologised. After 11 minutes of play, Real España's Max Viscarra made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ulises Bran was left in no man's land by his defense there! Real España's Sarbelio Canales played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julio Mondragon in the 15th minute of play. Sarbelio Canales showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julio Mondragon in the 17th minute of the match. 20 minutes into the match, Ulises Guzman notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of F.C. Barcelona's Ulises Bran. Ulises Bran was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Real España's defense didn't have a chance, in the 30th minute, when Julio Mondragon scored to the left of an out of position Sarbelio Canales, making the score, 1-2. Max Viscarra struck a weak shot in the 35th minute. Ulises Bran didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Real España. Ulises Guzman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Ulises Bran tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 45 minutes had been played when some careless play by F.C. Barcelona's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. David Quintanilla was slow to take the kick. During this time Real España's players had a chance to rest. Marcelo Gutierrez made a great header on Real España's corner, it was just that F.C. Barcelona's Ulises Bran managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 47th minute the ball was on its way in behind Real España's goalkeeper Sarbelio Canales, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ulises Guzman to strike the kick off in the second half. After 51 minutes, Hector Madariaga mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the F.C. Barcelona and the Real España players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 53rd play minute Max Viscarra came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Ulises Bran. 1-3. The audience thought a goal was coming when Max Viscarra got free with Ulises Bran in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Esteban Alfaro was shown his second yellow card after 61 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Esteban Alfaro hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Max Viscarra got free with Ulises Bran in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ulises Guzman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ulises Bran having to interfere. Ulises Bran made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Max Viscarra sent off a good shot on target. 71 minutes into the match, Real España's goal looked a bit too open when Mauricio Cruz came free, but Sarbelio Canales reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ulises Bran was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ulises Guzman showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-5 in the 82 minute of play. If Ulises Guzman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 94 played minutes F.C. Barcelona got a freekick which was hit by Hector Madariaga. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Real España eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.