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Ipplepen
Spectators: 6794 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1794, VIP seats: 0) After 4 minutes, Ronald Guevara mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Halesworth FC and the Ipplepen AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 5 played minutes Halesworth FC got a freekick which was hit by Ronald Guevara. After 8 minutes of play, Halesworth FC's Eraldo Benavides made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Esteban Espindola was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 14th match minute, Ipplepen AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rudy Villacorta to maneuver through the defense. After 21 minutes of play, Ipplepen AFC's Isaac Mayen made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alejandro Salguero was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Eraldo Benavides managed to get in a good position for a shot. Halesworth FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Eraldo Benavides was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Esteban Espindola breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Isaac Mayen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Alejandro Salguero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hector Ocampo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Esteban Espindola tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 41 minutes into the game, Halesworth FC's Eraldo Benavides nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Esteban Espindola made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Esteban Espindola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eraldo Benavides, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. The Ipplepen AFC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Halesworth FC were winning 1-2.

Hector Ocampo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Esteban Espindola having to interfere. 60 minutes into the game, Rudy Villacorta cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Alejandro Salguero was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Pablo Alas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alejandro Salguero was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. In the 80th minute, Halesworth FC's Eraldo Benavides dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-3. In the 86th minute Eraldo Benavides shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Esteban Espindola saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. For all the effort they put into the match, the Halesworth FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Ipplepen AFC.