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Spectators: 9266 (Terracing: 6951, Seating: 2131, VIP seats: 184) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Beila Marcilla took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Beila Marcilla in the 3rd minute of play forced Meliana's goalkeeper Marco-Antonio Nunez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Saturnin Darroja made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Radamel Falcão in the 6th minute of play. When Downchester City's Beila Marcilla in the 10th minute got a chance for a shot 10th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Meliana's goalie prevented a goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Beila Marcilla managed to get in a good position for a shot. Downchester City's supporters rose to their feet, but Beila Marcilla was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marco-Antonio Nunez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Saturnin Darroja made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Radamel Falcão in the 13th minute of play. In the 14th minute Michel Molina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Saturnin Darroja saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 15 minutes had been played when some careless play by Downchester City's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lorenz Santos was slow to take the kick. During this time Meliana's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Lorenz Santos almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Downchester City's Saturnin Darroja did a great save. Downchester City's Saturnin Darroja played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radamel Falcão in the 17th minute of play. Marco-Antonio Nunez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Beila Marcilla in the 18th minute of the match. 19 minutes into the match, Downchester City's goal looked a bit too open when Lucjan Penkalski came free, but Saturnin Darroja reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Downchester City booed when Meliana was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lorenz Santos didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Meliana's Marco-Antonio Nunez got control of the ball when Beila Marcilla tried to sneak it across the goal line. Meliana were awarded a corner in the 28th minute after Downchester City's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Lorenz Santos took the corner. After taking down the ball on Meliana's corner Lorenz Santos fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Saturnin Darroja quite easily take care of the ball. 29 minutes into the match, Downchester City's goal looked a bit too open when Lucjan Penkalski came free, but Saturnin Darroja reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marco-Antonio Nunez stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Beila Marcilla's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. 38 minutes into the match, Meliana's goal looked a bit too open when Beila Marcilla came free, but Marco-Antonio Nunez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 40th minute, Lucjan Penkalski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Saturnin Darroja was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Peng kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucjan Penkalski in the 46th minute of play forced Downchester City's goalkeeper Saturnin Darroja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Juli Alvarez to strike the kick off in the second half. Saturnin Darroja made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Lucjan Penkalski sent off a good shot on target. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Beila Marcilla managed to get in a good position for a shot. Downchester City's supporters rose to their feet, but Beila Marcilla was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marco-Antonio Nunez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Beila Marcilla in the 59th minute of play forced Meliana's goalkeeper Marco-Antonio Nunez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 63 minutes into the match, Meliana's Juli Alvarez sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Saturnin Darroja narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 65 minutes Downchester City's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lorenz Santos who took care of the corner kick. Lorenz Santos made a great header on Meliana's corner, it was just that Downchester City's Saturnin Darroja managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 68th match minute, Meliana was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juli Alvarez to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Meliana getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Juli Alvarez hit a great ball. 76 minutes into the match, Downchester City's goal looked a bit too open when Radamel Falcão came free, but Saturnin Darroja reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Beila Marcilla in the 78th minute of play forced Meliana's goalkeeper Marco-Antonio Nunez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Juli Alvarez in the 83rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Saturnin Darroja saved Downchester City from getting behind. In the 86th minute of the match Meliana got a corner. Downchester City's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Lorenz Santos ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Lorenz Santos almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Downchester City's Saturnin Darroja did a great save. The audience was convinced that Beila Marcilla's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco-Antonio Nunez was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. Iker Pinto hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Marco-Antonio Nunez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Etxahun Rienda in the 92nd minute of the match. In the 94thth minute of the game Juli Alvarez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Downchester City's Saturnin Darroja was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of Downchester City booed when Meliana was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Iker Pinto didn't get a good kick on the ball. Downchester City's Liberto Guasch got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.