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Abanca Balaidos
Spectators: 7650 (Terracing: 5739, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Everardo Verges made the kick off which started today's match. The audience was convinced that Everardo Verges's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Macario Hernandez was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. Macario Hernandez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tauro Dean in the 8th minute of play. After 11 played minutes Sporting Ballantines got a freekick which was hit by Xiao Crespo. Caton Vagrande fired away a difficult shot at goal in the 14th minute. He almost succeeded, but the ball went over. It was a very nice shot. In the 16thth minute of the game Everardo Verges who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Celtiña's Macario Hernandez was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Sporting Ballantines's Everardo Verges in the 20th minute got a chance for a shot 20th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Celtiña's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Everardo Verges's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Macario Hernandez was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. In the 24thth minute of the game Everardo Verges who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Celtiña's Macario Hernandez was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 28th match minute, Celtiña was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tavio Turrilla to maneuver through the defense. Sporting Ballantines's Everardo Verges managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Knut Abrahamsson in the 30 minute of the game. When Everardo Verges came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Sporting Ballantines 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 Everardo Verges couldn't finish the play. Macario Hernandez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Everardo Verges, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. When the match clock showed 35 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Everardo Verges sped through Celtiña's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Macario Hernandez. Everardo Verges sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 42nd minute Everardo Verges shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Macario Hernandez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 44 minutes, Everardo Verges made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Celtiña's Macario Hernandez tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The Sporting Ballantines fans' excitement grew in the 48th match minute when Sporting Ballantines's Everardo Verges 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 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Evrosi Marinkin to make the kick off. Knut Abrahamsson kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. In the 59thth minute of the game Everardo Verges who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Celtiña's Macario Hernandez was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sporting Ballantines's attentive Imanol Incera managed to snatch the ball when Tirso Casanova made a throw-in in the 65th minute of the game. Everardo Verges who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 72ndth minute tested the skills of Macario Hernandez when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 74th minute, Sporting Ballantines's Everardo Verges ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Macario Hernandez. Macario Hernandez yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. Everardo Vergess short, quick shot in the 79thth minute got Macario Hernandez to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Celtiña's Macario Hernandez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Celtiña from getting a goal against them. Everardo Vergess short, quick shot in the 86thth minute got Macario Hernandez to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Evrosi Marinkin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mauricio Berasko having to interfere. In the 90th minute, Evrosi Marinkin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Celtiña fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. Tavio Turrilla charged in rather forcefully in the 92nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tavio Turrilla the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Celtiña getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Tavio Turrilla hit a great ball. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Sporting Ballantines walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.