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Tuero Estadio
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Abelardo Talavera started the match with the kick off. Cesareo Balcells made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomás Canal in the 3rd minute of play. Canor Vegas short, quick shot in the 4thth minute got Cesareo Balcells to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Canor Vega got free with Cesareo Balcells in the 6th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 6 minutes into the game, one of Arosa Sociedad Cultural:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Tomás Canal received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Cesareo Balcells came out and tried to block the shot, but Tomás Canal slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 12th minute. After a rather tough play, Tuero's Tomás Canal got a free kick in the 15th minute. In the 21stth minute of the game Tomás Canal who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Arosa Sociedad Cultural's Cesareo Balcells was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 30th minute, Canor Vega 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. Canor Vega's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Cesareo Balcells firmly grabbed it by the left post. Tuero were awarded a corner in the 39th minute after Arosa Sociedad Cultural's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. José Bargas took the corner. After taking down the ball on Tuero's corner José Bargas fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Cesareo Balcells quite easily take care of the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jacques Olmos during the 41st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 41st match minute, Tuero was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacques Olmos to maneuver through the defense. Ansuro Cienfuegos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abelardo Talavera in the 45th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Tuero's Jacques Olmos got a free kick in the 45th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomás Canal was the one to do the kick off. Canor Vega's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Cesareo Balcells read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 58th minute of play. Cesareo Balcells took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Canor Vega, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 67th minute Canor Vega shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cesareo Balcells saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 68 minutes of play, Tuero's Tomás Canal made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cesareo Balcells was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cesareo Balcells came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by Tuero's Canor Vega. But to his dismay, Canor Vega quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. Iratze Balcells charged in rather forcefully in the 80th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Iratze Balcells the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 80 played minutes Tuero got a freekick which was hit by Iratze Balcells. Canor Vega sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Tomás Canal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 98th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tuero walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.