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Manantiales
Spectators: 7673 (Terracing: 5750, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Andrei Vasiliu made the kick off which started today's match. Zacarias Hill showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrei Vasiliu in the 8th minute of the match. Andrei Vasiliu scored 0-1 in the 8th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zacarias Hill, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Martin Beila had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Marcelo Shepherd hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. In the 13th minute, Manantiales's Douglas Costa dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. In the 17th minute of the match, Douglas Costa got a very nice opportunity to score, but Rodrigo Magurs was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Manantiales's Zacarias Hill played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Beila in the 20th minute of play. Zacarias Hill made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Beila in the 23rd minute of play. INTERNACIONAL DE MURAROA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Best Trims in the 24th minute. Zacarias Hill took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Beila, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 27th minute of the match INTERNACIONAL DE MURAROA got a corner. Manantiales's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Best Trims ran over to the corner to take the kick. 31 minutes into the match, Andrei Vasiliu notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Manantiales's Zacarias Hill. Zacarias Hill was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gogo Abascal in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rodrigo Magurs prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Gogo Abascal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Rodrigo Magurs tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 40th minute the ball was on its way in behind INTERNACIONAL DE MURAROA's goalkeeper Rodrigo Magurs, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Rodrigo Magurs made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Douglas Costa in the 46th minute of play. In the 47th minute, Romeo Ederono hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gogo Abascal stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gogo Abascal in the 51st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rodrigo Magurs saved INTERNACIONAL DE MURAROA from getting behind. Diyan Teoharov hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Douglas Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 55 played minutes INTERNACIONAL DE MURAROA got a freekick which was hit by Cipriano Aresti. 62 minutes into the match, Andrei Vasiliu dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Zacarias Hill, 1-3. In the 67th minute, Douglas Costa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Manantiales fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. In the 75th minute Gogo Abascal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodrigo Magurs saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Martin Beila fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zacarias Hill having to interfere. When INTERNACIONAL DE MURAROA's Cipriano Aresti in the 94th minute got a chance for a shot 94th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Manantiales's goalie prevented a goal. When the match was over INTERNACIONAL DE MURAROA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Manantiales throughout the match.