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Frederik Steiner
Spectators: 8084 (Terracing: 6064, Seating: 1859, VIP seats: 161) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Apoena Ocaña started the match with the kick off. Manolo Lacorte scored 1-0 in the 3rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gení Aguilar, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Gení Aguilar was a little too slow when Apoena Ocaña got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 6th minute. The score was now 2-0. In the 14th minute Apoena Ocaña shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gení Aguilar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Apoena Ocaña in the 18th minute of play forced UD Espinar's goalkeeper Gení Aguilar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gení Aguilar made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Manolo Lacorte sent off a good shot on target. If Apoena Ocaña had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gení Aguilar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Manolo Lacorte in the 29th minute. The audience was convinced that Apoena Ocaña's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gení Aguilar was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Apoena Ocaña in the 34th minute of play forced UD Espinar's goalkeeper Gení Aguilar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gení Aguilar had great luck who in the 36thth minute grab hold of the ball when Apoena Ocaña from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Rayo Tharkad made a substitution. Adolfo Hevia replaced Hondo Arratia. In the 38th minute of the match Rayo Tharkad got a corner. UD Espinar's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Juan Bermejo ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Antimo Negro got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 6-0. 39 minutes into the match. In the 42nd minute, Rayo Tharkad's Apoena Ocaña dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 7-0. Fagondo Tobias charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fagondo Tobias the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. When the match had gone on for 47 minutes, Apoena Ocaña took a quick shot and it went in 8-0 without a chance for Gení Aguilar to make any attempt to save it. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 8-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mitxel Vacas to strike the kick off in the second half. Apoena Ocaña fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gení Aguilar having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Apoena Ocaña in the 56th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gení Aguilar prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Apoena Ocaña in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gení Aguilar saved UD Espinar from getting behind. Gení Aguilar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manolo Lacorte in the 59th minute of the match. Gení Aguilar came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by Rayo Tharkad's Apoena Ocaña. But to his dismay, Apoena Ocaña quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 9-0. Gelmiro Esperta hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. 65 minutes into the game, Apoena Ocaña cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 10-0. Gení Aguilar was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 68 minutes into the match, Manolo Lacorte had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gení Aguilar. UD Espinar's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Manolo Lacorte was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 11-0. After some careless play in the UD Espinar defense, Manolo Lacorte kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gení Aguilar. The UD Espinar fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gení Aguilar should have stopped the shot. In the 73rd minute, Marco Barrientos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Apoena Ocaña in the 76th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gení Aguilar saved UD Espinar from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Apoena Ocaña in the 78th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gení Aguilar saved UD Espinar from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Manolo Lacorte's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gení Aguilar was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. In the 84th minute, Manolo Lacorte got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 86 minutes into the match, UD Espinar's goal looked a bit too open when Manolo Lacorte came free, but Gení Aguilar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 87 minutes into the game, Rayo Tharkad's Apoena Ocaña nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gení Aguilar made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 13-0. Adolfo Hevia took the ball and in the 90 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gení Aguilar. Gení Aguilar dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 14-0. The Rayo Tharkad fans' excitement grew in the 93rd match minute when Rayo Tharkad's Manolo Lacorte looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 15-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Rayo Tharkad had played much better football throughout.