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Marcelo D. Gallardo
Spectators: 7463 (Terracing: 5598, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Teofilo Esiquio took the kick off in the first half of the match. Roque Acuña fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Severiano Ovando having to interfere. 7 minutes into the match, ₵₳ ⱤłѶɆⱤ ₱Ⱡ₳₮Ɇ ★09-12-18★'s goal looked a bit too open when Laureano Normando came free, but Severiano Ovando reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Severiano Ovando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roque Acuña in the 8th minute of the match. Teofilo Esiquio was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 12th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. With 18 minutes on the clock, Leandro Rosalio commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After a rather tough play, French FC's Leandro Rosalio got a free kick in the 19th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Carolo Benvido got free with Florentino Abeijon in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a defensive mix-up in ₵₳ ⱤłѶɆⱤ ₱Ⱡ₳₮Ɇ ★09-12-18★'s zone, Leonel Maria stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Severiano Ovando came out of the goal and Leonel Maria tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Aaron Calisto hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. ₵₳ ⱤłѶɆⱤ ₱Ⱡ₳₮Ɇ ★09-12-18★'s Severiano Ovando played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicasio Artaldo in the 32nd minute of play. A collision led to ₵₳ ⱤłѶɆⱤ ₱Ⱡ₳₮Ɇ ★09-12-18★ getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Fausto Janpier hit a great ball. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by ₵₳ ⱤłѶɆⱤ ₱Ⱡ₳₮Ɇ ★09-12-18★'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nicasio Artaldo was slow to take the kick. During this time French FC's players had a chance to rest. Atilano Lon tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Severiano Ovando. An unnecessary self made goal, 0-1 in the 40th minute. In the 42nd minute, Atilano Lon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 46th minute Teofilo Esiquio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Florentino Abeijon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Florentino Abeijon didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Teofilo Esiquio went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nicasio Artaldo to make the kick off. In the 55th match minute, ₵₳ ⱤłѶɆⱤ ₱Ⱡ₳₮Ɇ ★09-12-18★ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aaron Calisto to maneuver through the defense. French FC's Florentino Abeijon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Teofilo Esiquio in the 60th minute of play. After some careless play in the ₵₳ ⱤłѶɆⱤ ₱Ⱡ₳₮Ɇ ★09-12-18★ defense, Nicasio Artaldo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Severiano Ovando. The ₵₳ ⱤłѶɆⱤ ₱Ⱡ₳₮Ɇ ★09-12-18★ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Severiano Ovando should have stopped the shot. After a defensive mix-up in French FC's zone, Melchor Ostadar stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Florentino Abeijon came out of the goal and Melchor Ostadar tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 68 minutes of play, French FC's Nicasio Artaldo made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Severiano Ovando was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Nicasio Artaldo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Carlos Henry fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Severiano Ovando having to interfere. Nicasio Artaldo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. French FC's Nicasio Artaldo got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 78th match minute, ₵₳ ⱤłѶɆⱤ ₱Ⱡ₳₮Ɇ ★09-12-18★ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dalmacio Beltza to maneuver through the defense. Severiano Ovando made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Nicasio Artaldo sent off a good shot on target. Mauricio Guillelme kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. In the 83rd minute Nicasio Artaldo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Severiano Ovando saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, French FC's goal looked a bit too open when Teofilo Esiquio came free, but Florentino Abeijon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 87 played minutes French FC got a freekick which was hit by Lino Gaur. Nicasio Artaldo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 90th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. French FC played a much better game than ₵₳ ⱤłѶɆⱤ ₱Ⱡ₳₮Ɇ ★09-12-18★ and deserved their victory. The ₵₳ ⱤłѶɆⱤ ₱Ⱡ₳₮Ɇ ★09-12-18★ players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.