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Spectators: 6838 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1838, VIP seats: 0) Bayani Cabuquit started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. If Guy Cusi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Edarlito Rabaca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind Napakatalino NRH's goalkeeper Brad Balaoing, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Philippine AZkals's Virgil Rubio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edarlito Rabaca in the 14th minute of play. In the 20thth minute of the game Guy Cusi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Philippine AZkals's Virgil Rubio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 25th minute, Edarlito Rabaca left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Napakatalino NRH fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. After 30 minutes, Joselito Sopsop mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Napakatalino NRH and the Philippine AZkals players grew even worse after the yellow card. Guy Cusi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Virgil Rubio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edarlito Rabaca went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Steve Kahid kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. In the 41st minute Bayani Cabuquit shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Brad Balaoing saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Oliver Cabanag sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edarlito Rabaca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Edarlito Rabaca's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Virgil Rubio was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. The Philippine AZkals players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Napakatalino NRH were winning 0-4.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Guy Cusi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Edarlito Rabaca left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Napakatalino NRH fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edarlito Rabaca got free with Virgil Rubio in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Guy Cusi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Virgil Rubio having to interfere. Bayani Cabuquit fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Brad Balaoing having to interfere. Edarlito Rabaca received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Virgil Rubio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Edarlito Rabaca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 74th minute Guy Cusi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Virgil Rubio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Guy Cusi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Virgil Rubio having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Philippine AZkals's zone, Noli Gutilban stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Virgil Rubio came out of the goal and Noli Gutilban tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 87 minutes, Edarlito Rabaca managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Napakatalino NRH's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edarlito Rabaca was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 88th minute, Lemuel Aswit hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Napakatalino NRH's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.