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Spectators: 7528 (Terracing: 5647, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) After 6 minutes, Clemente Rayman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gastona FC and the A.A FÊNIX players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Gastona FC getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Clemente Rayman hit a great ball. Venancio Eskuin did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Ciriaco Ignazio 7 minutes into the match. Gabriel Francesco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Clemente Rayman, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. The audience was convinced that Venancio Eskuin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ciriaco Ignazio was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Venancio Eskuin in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ciriaco Ignazio prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Pascual Danel during the 16th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Gastona FC's Pascual Danel got a free kick in the 16th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Gastona FC's zone, Mario Marquez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ciriaco Ignazio came out of the goal and Mario Marquez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Venancio Eskuin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Ciriaco Ignazio made a huge save. In the 22nd minute, Mario Marquez 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. After 25th play minutes Venancio Eskuin shot 2-0, a short shot which went by Ciriaco Ignazio and just under the crossbar into goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Amancio Castulo got free with Ciriaco Ignazio in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When A.A FÊNIX's Venancio Eskuin in the 30th minute got a chance for a shot 30th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Gastona FC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 30th match minute, Gastona FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ernesto Salvatore to maneuver through the defense. Gastona FC's Ciriaco Ignazio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Venancio Eskuin in the 32nd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Nemesio Astrada managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gastona FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Nemesio Astrada was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gabriel Francesco breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Venancio Eskuins short, quick shot in the 35thth minute got Ciriaco Ignazio to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After a rather tough play, Gastona FC's Ernesto Salvatore got a free kick in the 35th minute. Ciriaco Ignazio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amancio Castulo in the 37th minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, Mario Marquez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ciriaco Ignazio. Gastona FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mario Marquez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Venancio Eskuin's late challenge caught a Gastona FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Venancio Eskuin helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mario Marquez in the 46th minute of play forced Gastona FC's goalkeeper Ciriaco Ignazio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The throw-in from Epifanio Demesio in the 47th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by A.A FÊNIX's Kauã Arruda. Elvio Fanuco charged in rather forcefully in the 48th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Elvio Fanuco the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Epifanio Demesio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Venancio Eskuin in the 52nd minute of play forced Gastona FC's goalkeeper Ciriaco Ignazio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 58 minutes into the game, Elvio Fanuco cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Ciriaco Ignazio was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a defensive mix-up in Gastona FC's zone, Venancio Eskuin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ciriaco Ignazio came out of the goal and Venancio Eskuin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When A.A FÊNIX's Venancio Eskuin in the 71st minute got a chance for a shot 71st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Gastona FC's goalie prevented a goal. Ciriaco Ignazio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Venancio Eskuin in the 75th minute of play. Clemente Rayman hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. 90 minutes into the match, A.A FÊNIX's goal looked a bit too open when Clemente Rayman came free, but Gabriel Francesco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mario Marquez took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ciriaco Ignazio. Ciriaco Ignazio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. A.A FÊNIX's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.