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Canchita
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gabriel Pasqual started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, VIVA¡¡¡¡ FC's Ruben Sugar got a free kick in the 2nd minute. 3 minutes into the game, Samuel Pueblo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Celestino Mannuel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Nestor Jacindo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Higinio Erauso made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Mikolas in the 9th minute of play forced VIVA¡¡¡¡ FC's goalkeeper Celestino Mannuel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 9 played minutes VIVA¡¡¡¡ FC got a freekick which was hit by Hipolito Karmel. 10 minutes into the game, Samuel Pueblo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Celestino Mannuel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Roman Jerold scored 0-3 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Celestino Mannuel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Celestino Mannuel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marco Mikolas's shot from short distance in the 18th minute. Celestino Mannuel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Samuel Pueblo, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Celestino Mannuel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marco Mikolas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco Mikolas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Celestino Mannuel having to interfere. 26 minutes into the match, VIVA¡¡¡¡ FC's goal looked a bit too open when Roman Jerold came free, but Celestino Mannuel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nestor Jacindo took the ball and in the 28 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Higinio Erauso. Higinio Erauso dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. Celestino Mannuel came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Puan Devils's Marco Mikolas. But to his dismay, Marco Mikolas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Ruben Sugar charged in rather forcefully in the 38th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ruben Sugar the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Puan Devils booed when VIVA¡¡¡¡ FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ruben Sugar didn't get a good kick on the ball. Celestino Mannuel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Samuel Pueblo went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. Celestino Mannuel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Samuel Pueblo in the 48th minute of play. Puan Devils's Gaudencio Casado was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Celestino Mannuel in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-5.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Marco Mikolas to strike the kick off in the second half. After 55 minutes, Loukianos Papadamou mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Puan Devils and the VIVA¡¡¡¡ FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. VIVA¡¡¡¡ FC's Paolo Gaskon was substituted for Hipolito Karmel. Loukianos Papadamou kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. In the 58th minute Gabriel Pasqual shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Higinio Erauso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Puan Devils's Higinio Erauso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabriel Pasqual in the 58th minute of play. VIVA¡¡¡¡ FC's Celestino Mannuel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save VIVA¡¡¡¡ FC from getting a goal against them. Celestino Mannuel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roman Jerold, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With his leg Celestino Mannuel managed to avoid a goal in the 67thth minute, when Puan Devils's Samuel Pueblo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. VIVA¡¡¡¡ FC's Celestino Mannuel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roman Jerold in the 68th minute of play. Celestino Mannuel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marco Mikolas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Celestino Mannuel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samuel Pueblo in the 75th minute of the match. Paolo Gaskon hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Puan Devils's zone, Ruben Sugar stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Higinio Erauso came out of the goal and Ruben Sugar tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Celestino Mannuel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marco Mikolas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Samuel Pueblo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Celestino Mannuel was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. Albino Eusko charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Albino Eusko the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In a very dangerous position, a player in VIVA¡¡¡¡ FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 89th minute. Penalty! In the 95th minute, Adan Bilintx hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 97 played minutes VIVA¡¡¡¡ FC got a freekick which was hit by Adan Bilintx. Puan Devils's Marco Mikolas got a good chance for a goal in the 98th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Puan Devils's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.