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Las Ventas De Retamo
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) When Eutropio Casillas fell near the penalty area in the 3rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored NEWPI's protests and gave Eutropio Casillas a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of ponferradina booed when NEWPI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eutropio Casillas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dorio Sans blasted a shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Alonso Marcos having to make a save. In the 8th match minute, NEWPI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lazaro Campomanes to maneuver through the defense. Feliberto Buenafuente, 10 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Andrés-Fernando Gómez scored 0-1 in the 13th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alonso Marcos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 22 minutes into the match, Andrés-Fernando Gómez notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of NEWPI's Alonso Marcos. Alonso Marcos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind NEWPI's goalkeeper Alonso Marcos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrés-Fernando Gómez in the 30th minute of play forced NEWPI's goalkeeper Alonso Marcos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Pierres Pascua in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Joachim Mendez saved ponferradina from getting behind. Joachim Mendez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pierres Pascua, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. When Cheche Buenafuente fell near the penalty area in the 41st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ponferradina's protests and gave Cheche Buenafuente a yellow card for diving instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Sagrario Taules kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Joachim Mendez. That made the score 1-2 in the 43 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrés-Fernando Gómez in the 46th minute of play forced NEWPI's goalkeeper Alonso Marcos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half ponferradina were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Andrés-Fernando Gómez to strike the kick off in the second half. Feliberto Buenafuente made a great header on ponferradina's corner, it was just that NEWPI's Alonso Marcos managed to reach the ball for a save. Mino Aceves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 59 minutes into the match, ponferradina's goal looked a bit too open when Pierres Pascua came free, but Joachim Mendez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dorio Sans could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Alonso Marcos made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 62nd minute, Andrés-Fernando Gómez managed to get in a good position for a shot. ponferradina's supporters rose to their feet, but Andrés-Fernando Gómez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alonso Marcos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When ponferradina's Andrés-Fernando Gómez in the 64th minute got a chance for a shot 64th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye NEWPI's goalie prevented a goal. Alonso Marcos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andrés-Fernando Gómez in the 72nd minute of play. Sagrario Taules recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Sagrario Taules's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joachim Mendez was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. Cheche Buenafuente received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Alonso Marcos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sagrario Taules took the ball and in the 95 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Joachim Mendez. Joachim Mendez dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.