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King Arena
Spectators: 7365 (Terracing: 5637, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 0) In the 20th match minute, Sparco F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leopoldo Salvadore to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 25 minutes, Lorenzo Gomez managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Columbus Crew's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lorenzo Gomez was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 28 minutes, Federico Nevada mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Columbus Crew and the Sparco F.C players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Columbus Crew getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Federico Nevada hit a great ball. Lisandro Amato showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Silvestre Otsoa, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. In the 30th minute Fidel Bide shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Osman Nuri Sezai saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Sparco F.C's Silvestre Otsoa got a free kick in the 31st minute. In the 35th play minute Leopoldo Salvadore came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Lisandro Amato. 2-0. Emiliano Cristofor's late challenge caught a Sparco F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Emiliano Cristofor helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Columbus Crew's Emiliano Cristofor got a free kick in the 39th minute. George Lemus received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Lisandro Amato tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Federico Nevada kicked well hit freekick during the 48th minute of the match. Silvestre Otsoa struck a weak shot in the 48th minute. Lisandro Amato didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sparco F.C. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when George Lemus made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Lorenzo Gomez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Osman Nuri Sezai saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Silvio Matro kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Lorenzo Gomez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leopoldo Salvadore in the 62nd minute of play forced Columbus Crew's goalkeeper Lisandro Amato to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fidel Bide struck a weak shot in the 63rd minute. Osman Nuri Sezai didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Columbus Crew. After having played for 65 minutes, Guaberto Chus managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Columbus Crew's supporters crossed their fingers, but Guaberto Chus was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Emiliano Cristofor kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Columbus Crew made a substitution. Bernardino Min replaced Fidel Bide. After a rather tough play, Columbus Crew's Emiliano Cristofor got a free kick in the 68th minute. Lisandro Amato took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from George Lemus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Columbus Crew defense, Bahri Çağa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lisandro Amato. The Columbus Crew fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lisandro Amato should have stopped the shot. After 76 played minutes Bernardino Min rounded Sparco F.C's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 3-1. A collision led to Columbus Crew getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Bernardino Min hit a great ball. Sparco F.C's Osman Nuri Sezai played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernardino Min in the 85th minute of play. Columbus Crew's Martin Franco managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Silvio Matro in the 88 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardino Min in the 91st minute of play forced Sparco F.C's goalkeeper Osman Nuri Sezai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Sparco F.C booed when Columbus Crew was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bernardino Min didn't get a good kick on the ball. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Sparco F.C had played much better football throughout.