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Estadio Toro F.C.
Spectators: 7554 (Terracing: 5667, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nereo Gonza made the kick off which started today's match. Through an outstanding action, after 3 minutes, Geronimo Joanes successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 6th minute Prudencio Ibar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pēteris Schmeichel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Geronimo Joanes made a fantastic save in the 8th minute, when Hilario Baladi sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Dimitris Bournouxouzis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Geronimo Joanes was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Paata Polla made in the 11th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Toro F.C's Roger Uchiha. After 13 minutes of play, Toro F.C's Dimitris Bournouxouzis made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Geronimo Joanes was left in no man's land by his defense there! Geronimo Joanes made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Rosendo Ritchie sent off a good shot on target. Dimitris Bournouxouzis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Geronimo Joanes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 19th match minute, Toro F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oinomoas Katsiavrias to maneuver through the defense. Nereo Gonza took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 20th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Pēteris Schmeichel. Toro F.C's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. A collision led to ꜱᴀɴ ᴍᴀʀᴛɪɴ ᴅᴇ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Arnoldo Sarracino hit a great ball. In the 31st match minute, Toro F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hilario Baladi to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Venancio Calvet in the 35th minute of play forced Toro F.C's goalkeeper Pēteris Schmeichel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 38 minutes into the match, ꜱᴀɴ ᴍᴀʀᴛɪɴ ᴅᴇ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ's goal looked a bit too open when Dimitris Bournouxouzis came free, but Geronimo Joanes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When ꜱᴀɴ ᴍᴀʀᴛɪɴ ᴅᴇ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ's Nereo Gonza in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Toro F.C's goalie prevented a goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nereo Gonza in the 42nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pēteris Schmeichel prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Rosendo Ritchie took the ball and in the 44 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Geronimo Joanes. Geronimo Joanes dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. In the 48th minute Nereo Gonza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pēteris Schmeichel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cyryl Rybak stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Toro F.C getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Hilario Baladi hit a great ball. 53 minutes into the match, Toro F.C's goalkeeper Pēteris Schmeichel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Venancio Calvet. After 54 played minutes ꜱᴀɴ ᴍᴀʀᴛɪɴ ᴅᴇ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ got a freekick which was hit by Cristian Poncio. Toro F.C's Cyryl Rybak got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With his leg Pēteris Schmeichel managed to avoid a goal in the 65thth minute, when ꜱᴀɴ ᴍᴀʀᴛɪɴ ᴅᴇ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ's Nereo Gonza fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cristian Poncio during the 71st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Cristian Poncio hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. Geronimo Joanes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dimitris Bournouxouzis, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Toro F.C's Pēteris Schmeichel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Prudencio Ibar in the 77th minute of play. The ꜱᴀɴ ᴍᴀʀᴛɪɴ ᴅᴇ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ fans' excitement grew in the 81st match minute when ꜱᴀɴ ᴍᴀʀᴛɪɴ ᴅᴇ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ's Nereo Gonza looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The crowd rose to their feet as Prudencio Ibar kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pēteris Schmeichel. That made the score 3-3 in the 89 minute of play. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.