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Diego A. Maradona
Spectators: 7722 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Petrică Levința got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the match, LTA FC's goal looked a bit too open when Petrică Levința came free, but Dalmacio Ebardo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, East Tokyo United's Marcelo Toribio got control of the ball when Zé Bani tried to sneak it across the goal line. East Tokyo United's Marcelo Toribio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save East Tokyo United from getting a goal against them. In the 12th minute, Zé Bani reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Marcelo Toribio. The goal made the score 1-0. Zé Bani's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marcelo Toribio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 16th minute of play. LTA FC's attentive Norberto Celipe managed to snatch the ball when Emanuel Neto made a throw-in in the 17th minute of the game. Dalmacio Ebardo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Bonetti in the 22nd minute of play. 27 minutes into the match, LTA FC's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Bonetti came free, but Dalmacio Ebardo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Petrică Levința hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. After 32 minutes of play, East Tokyo United's Martin Bonetti made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dalmacio Ebardo was left in no man's land by his defense there! A throw-in in the 34th minute of the game was made by Emanuel Neto with Martin Bonetti as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Emanuel Neto made in the 37th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Martin Bonetti immediately put the ball in play. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Zé Bani managed to get in a good position for a shot. LTA FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Zé Bani was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcelo Toribio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ivan Bernad was the one to do the kick off. In the 51stth minute of the game Zé Bani who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but East Tokyo United's Marcelo Toribio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 52nd match minute, East Tokyo United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ferdinando Cirigliano to maneuver through the defense. In the 53rd minute, East Tokyo United's Osvaldo Santio seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Osvaldo Santio the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of East Tokyo United protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Osvaldo Santio had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zé Bani in the 56th minute of play forced East Tokyo United's goalkeeper Marcelo Toribio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dalmacio Ebardo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Bonetti in the 60th minute of play. East Tokyo United's Marcelo Toribio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zé Bani in the 61st minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Norberto Celipe during the 62nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to LTA FC getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Norberto Celipe hit a great ball. A collision led to LTA FC getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Balázs Tinódi hit a great ball. East Tokyo United's Armando Nicolini was substituted for Arsenio Tibalt. East Tokyo United made a substitution. Cayetano Silban replaced Emanuel Neto. LTA FC's Rodrigo Quintan was substituted for Ivan Bernad. Balázs Tinódi hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. In the 72nd minute of the match Armando Nicolini shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dalmacio Ebardo showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Denis Intxixu made in the 74th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by LTA FC's Norberto Celipe. Marcelo Toribio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zé Bani's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. The supporters of LTA FC booed when East Tokyo United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Denis Intxixu didn't get a good kick on the ball. LTA FC made a substitution. Tomás Matai replaced Armando Franco. The supporters of LTA FC booed when East Tokyo United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Denis Intxixu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marcelo Toribio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Godofredo Ermengol went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. In the 90th match minute, LTA FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Godofredo Ermengol to maneuver through the defense. LTA FC's Cipriano Herensuge managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Cayetano Silban in the 92 minute of the game. Renato Carvalho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Dalmacio Ebardo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The LTA FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while East Tokyo United had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.