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Stingrays Arena
Spectators: 7693 (Terracing: 5771, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Raimundo Aurken took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 7thth minute of the game Abelardo Gamus who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Stingrays's Tiger Casillas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Abelardo Gamus received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Tiger Casillas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tim Tarasek made a fantastic save in the 16th minute, when Guillaume Mann sent off a good shot on target. Tiger Casillas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abelardo Gamus in the 17th minute of play. Tiger Casillas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Palermo in the 25th minute of the match. In the 27th minute RoKoCoKo TeaM were awarded a corner. Hector Speed went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 31st minute Abelardo Gamus shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tiger Casillas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Martin Palermo in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tiger Casillas saved Stingrays from getting behind. Tiger Casillas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abelardo Gamus in the 34th minute of the match. Tiger Casillas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abelardo Gamus in the 36th minute of the match. In the 42nd minute Martin Palermo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tiger Casillas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 43 minutes into the match, Stingrays's goal looked a bit too open when Jax Van Landschoot came free, but Tiger Casillas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 46th match minute, RoKoCoKo TeaM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Domingo Benet to maneuver through the defense.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Martin Palermo was the one to do the kick off. After 53 played minutes RoKoCoKo TeaM got a freekick which was hit by Domingo Benet. A hard shot 56 in the game by Martin Palermo from a close distance when the talented Tiger Casillas managed to make a qualified save. Stingrays's players were relieved. RoKoCoKo TeaM's Tim Tarasek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ezequiel Oriche in the 61st minute of play. In the 65th minute, Eustaquio Lizardi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Martin Palermo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tiger Casillas having to interfere. Martin Horado hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. In the 71st minute of the match 俞坤西 sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tim Tarasek skillfully saved the ball. In the 72nd minute, Hector Speed 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Martin Palermo during the 74th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 75 played minutes RoKoCoKo TeaM got a freekick which was hit by Martin Palermo. Tiger Casillas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Martin Palermo in the 77th minute. In the 78th match minute, Stingrays was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ezequiel Oriche to maneuver through the defense. With his leg Tiger Casillas managed to avoid a goal in the 80thth minute, when RoKoCoKo TeaM's Martin Palermo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Eustaquio Lauro kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Stingrays's Eustaquio Lizardi got a free kick in the 84th minute. 86 minutes into the game, Eustaquio Lizardi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Stingrays's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave RoKoCoKo TeaM the free kick. After 86 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Stingrays! The audience thought a goal was coming when Martin Palermo got free with Tiger Casillas in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Martin Palermo succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-1 in the 93rd playminute. After a defensive mix-up in Stingrays's zone, Martin Palermo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tiger Casillas came out of the goal and Martin Palermo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The RoKoCoKo TeaM supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing RoKoCoKo TeaM would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.