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Whitby
Spectators: 6791 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1791, VIP seats: 0) 6 minutes into the match, Whitby's goal looked a bit too open when Richard Osorio came free, but Saul Contrera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Richard Osorio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Saul Contrera having to interfere. Saul Contrera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Richard Osorio in the 10th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Arnoldo Mejia's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Saul Contrera was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. An unexpected shot in the 13th minute by Mauro Paz got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jhonnatan Montes during the 15th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 15th minute, Jhonnatan Montes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Saul Contrera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Richard Osorio in the 17th minute of the match. If Richard Osorio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 29 minutes, Richard Osorio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Verdolaga's supporters crossed their fingers, but Richard Osorio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Richard Osorio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Saul Contrera having to interfere. FC Verdolaga's Esteban Medrano proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save FC Verdolaga from getting a goal against them. When Richard Osorio came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the FC Verdolaga 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 Richard Osorio couldn't finish the play. Leopoldo Murgas kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Richard Osorio to make the kick off. After having played for 54 minutes, Mauro Paz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Whitby's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mauro Paz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Richard Osorio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alexander Rodriguez kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. If Richard Osorio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Alberto Reyes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Richard Osorio took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Saul Contrera to make any attempt to save it. Saul Contrera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Richard Osorio in the 87th minute of play. If Richard Osorio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Richard Osorio in the 91st minute of play forced Whitby's goalkeeper Saul Contrera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Verdolaga were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.