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Coliseo de Victoria
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Amado Rioja got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute Rangel Gandev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabrizio Catapano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 7 minutes into the match, Mata Tangas de Victoria's goal looked a bit too open when Amado Rioja came free, but Fabrizio Catapano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fabrizio Catapano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amado Rioja, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 10th minute, Henri-Xavier Lenaerts left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mata Tangas de Victoria fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Fabrizio Catapano came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by La Acade's Rangel Gandev. But to his dismay, Rangel Gandev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Fabrizio Catapano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amado Rioja in the 23rd minute of play. La Acade's Cecilio Hermon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Henri-Xavier Lenaerts in the 27th minute of play. Rangel Gandev took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fabrizio Catapano. Fabrizio Catapano dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Henri-Xavier Lenaerts fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cecilio Hermon having to interfere. In the 38th match minute, La Acade was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kazım Barbaros to maneuver through the defense. Virgilio Manny took the ball and in the 40 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fabrizio Catapano. Fabrizio Catapano 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. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Henri-Xavier Lenaerts to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Mata Tangas de Victoria's goalkeeper Fabrizio Catapano had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rangel Gandev. In the 54th match minute, La Acade was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alejandro Goren to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sotos Kastaniou in the 59th minute of play forced La Acade's goalkeeper Cecilio Hermon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Mata Tangas de Victoria booed when La Acade was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kazım Barbaros didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 71st minute, Sotos Kastaniou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cecilio Hermon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henri-Xavier Lenaerts in the 76th minute of the match. After 80 minutes of play, Mata Tangas de Victoria's Henri-Xavier Lenaerts made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cecilio Hermon was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fabrizio Catapano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rangel Gandev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabrizio Catapano was a little too slow when Rangel Gandev got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 84th minute. The score was now 2-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Henri-Xavier Lenaerts in the 92nd minute of play forced La Acade's goalkeeper Cecilio Hermon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fabrizio Catapano made an important save on a dangerous shot by Virgilio Manny in the 94th minute. After a rather tough play, Mata Tangas de Victoria's Sotos Kastaniou got a free kick in the 95th minute. La Acade's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.