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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Siro Etxeberri started the match with the kick off. Rodrigo Milian received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Fermin Cuartio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fermin Cuartio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodrigo Milian, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12th minute Concepcion were awarded a corner. Rodrigo Milian went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Concepcion's Rodrigo Milian to fire away a dangerous shot which Fermin Cuartio despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After 13 minutes, Federico Tauro made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. The Legends's Fermin Cuartio tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Fermin Cuartio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Martínez Quarta in the 18th minute of the match. Dalmacio Nisio kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. When Rodrigo Milian came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the Concepcion fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Rodrigo Milian couldn't finish the play. A collision led to The Legends getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Marcial Blanco hit a great ball. 24 minutes into the game, Damario Rivero cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Fermin Cuartio was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Fermin Cuartio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Federico Tauro went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. 36 minutes into the game, Siro Etxeberri cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Diego Ferdinand was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Fermin Cuartio came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by Concepcion's Rodrigo Milian. But to his dismay, Rodrigo Milian quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-5. In a very dangerous position, a player in The Legends fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 41st minute. Penalty! In the 45th match minute, Concepcion was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amancio Emmanuel to maneuver through the defense.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rodrigo Milian to make the kick off. A hard shot 51 in the game by Rodrigo Milian from a close distance when the talented Fermin Cuartio managed to make a qualified save. The Legends's players were relieved. In the 52nd minute Rodrigo Milian shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fermin Cuartio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rodrigo Milian got free with Fermin Cuartio in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Elias Santxol during the 57th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Elias Santxol hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Fermin Cuartio didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 59th minute, which inside left pole to 1-6. After some careless play in the The Legends defense, Rodrigo Milian kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fermin Cuartio. The The Legends fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fermin Cuartio should have stopped the shot. The Concepcion fans' excitement grew in the 66th match minute when Concepcion's Rodrigo Milian 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 1-8 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Concepcion's Rodrigo Milian got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 81 minutes into the match, Concepcion's Rodrigo Milian sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fermin Cuartio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The supporters of The Legends booed when Concepcion was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rodrigo Milian didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 94th minute Joel Etxekopar suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. Marco Innocenzio's late challenge caught a Concepcion's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marco Innocenzio helped the player get up and apologised. After 95 played minutes The Legends got a freekick which was hit by Marco Innocenzio. When the match was over Concepcion could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than The Legends throughout the match.