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Héctor Ñato Vacou
Spectators: 7797 (Terracing: 5849, Seating: 1793, VIP seats: 155) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alejandro Valverde got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Severino Benino in the 11th minute of play forced ☆Magno☆'s goalkeeper Samuel Maties to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mariano Bladi in the 13th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Abelardo Berenguer prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match had gone on for 13 minutes, Mariano Bladi put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Abelardo Berenguer. In the 20th minute, Alejandro Valverde reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Samuel Maties. The goal made the score 1-1. Samuel Maties showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Severino Benino in the 23rd minute of the match. Abelardo Berenguer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto-Federico Acosta, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Ivan Eleder received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Abelardo Berenguer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 45 minutes into the match, Atlético y Tiro Rqta's Severino Benino sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Samuel Maties narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 49 played minutes, ☆Magno☆'s Kaarlo Menem shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Abelardo Berenguer came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ☆Magno☆ reached it.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mariano Bladi to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, ☆Magno☆'s Ivan Eleder got a free kick in the 56th minute. Samuel Maties came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by Atlético y Tiro Rqta's Alejandro Valverde. But to his dismay, Alejandro Valverde quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Mariano Bladis short, quick shot in the 62ndth minute got Abelardo Berenguer to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Alejandro Valverde took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Samuel Maties. Samuel Maties dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Alberto-Federico Acosta took a quick shot and it went in 3-2 without a chance for Abelardo Berenguer to make any attempt to save it. In the 71st minute, Kaarlo Menem 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. Maxi Rodríguez's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Samuel Maties read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 74th minute of play. 74 minutes into the match, Maxi Rodríguez notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of ☆Magno☆'s Samuel Maties. Samuel Maties was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a little luck, Atlético y Tiro Rqta's Abelardo Berenguer got control of the ball when Kaarlo Menem tried to sneak it across the goal line. 81 minutes into the match, Atlético y Tiro Rqta's Alejandro Valverde sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Samuel Maties narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 85th minute Maxi Rodríguez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Samuel Maties saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 87th minute of the match Atlético y Tiro Rqta got a corner. ☆Magno☆'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Lucas Suárez ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Alejandro Valverde got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Samuel Maties quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Samuel Maties made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maxi Rodríguez in the 92nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maxi Rodríguez in the 94th minute of play forced ☆Magno☆'s goalkeeper Samuel Maties to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ☆Magno☆'s Samuel Maties played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alejandro Valverde in the 96th minute of play. ☆Magno☆'s players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.