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Balaidos
Spectators: 8480 (Terracing: 6361, Seating: 1950, VIP seats: 169) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tolino Albizua took the kick off in the first half of the match. Flávio Baião recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Rodney Marines showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tolino Albizua, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Rodney Marines made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alifonso Gasso in the 9th minute of play. Xabat Diaz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Desiderio Macia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tolino Albizua received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Rodney Marines tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dimo Novo's late challenge caught a Alas de Júpiter's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dimo Novo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 26th match minute, Celtistas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dimo Novo to maneuver through the defense. Rodney Marines took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tolino Albizua, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alas de Júpiter's attentive Michael Ballack managed to snatch the ball when Dimo Novo made a throw-in in the 30th minute of the game. Rodney Marines took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tolino Albizua, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 33rd minute, Tolino Albizua ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rodney Marines was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Flávio Baião took the ball and in the 36 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rodney Marines. Rodney Marines dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. A collision led to Alas de Júpiter getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Tolino Albizua hit a great ball. Rodney Marines stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tolino Albizua's shot from short distance in the 42nd minute. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nabucodonosor Campomanes to make the kick off. 57 minutes had been played when some careless play by Celtistas's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nacho Monreal was slow to take the kick. During this time Alas de Júpiter's players had a chance to rest. Nacho Monreal made a great header on Alas de Júpiter's corner, it was just that Celtistas's Rodney Marines managed to reach the ball for a save. Flávio Baião recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 62nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Celtistas's Rodney Marines played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tolino Albizua in the 65th minute of play. Rodney Marines took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tolino Albizua, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alas de Júpiter's Desiderio Macia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nabucodonosor Campomanes in the 72nd minute of play. After taking down the ball on Alas de Júpiter's corner Nacho Monreal fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Rodney Marines quite easily take care of the ball. Alas de Júpiter's Flávio Baião saw an opening behind the goalie Rodney Marines in the 76thth minute and tried to shoot past into the top right corner, but with great reflexes Rodney Marines with one arm managed to save the shot in the last secound. After a defensive mix-up in Alas de Júpiter's zone, Xabat Diaz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Desiderio Macia came out of the goal and Xabat Diaz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 80th minute, Michael Ballack hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rodney Marines made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Flávio Baião sent off a good shot on target. 85 minutes into the match, Celtistas's goalkeeper Rodney Marines had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Flávio Baião. In the 88th minute, Alas de Júpiter's Tolino Albizua dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tolino Albizua in the 91st minute of play forced Celtistas's goalkeeper Rodney Marines to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Celtistas manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing Alas de Júpiter to win.