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Estadio Jagüelito
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. Toni Butcher started the match with the kick off. Florentino Cristofol made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emiliano Rosa in the 3rd minute of play. Florentino Cristofol made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonardo Urdaspal in the 4th minute of play. Florentino Cristofol showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonardo Urdaspal in the 6th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Litoral Rovers's Baldomero Ibon got a free kick in the 9th minute. A collision led to Litoral Rovers getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Andres Herensuge hit a great ball. Florentino Cristofol came out of the goal in the 15th minute to try and stop a shot by Real Bañil F.C.'s Toni Butcher. But to his dismay, Toni Butcher quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. 18 minutes into the game, Real Bañil F.C.'s Leonardo Urdaspal nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Florentino Cristofol made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Leonardo Urdaspal might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Florentino Cristofol. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Leonardo Urdaspal ran back to his position shaking his head. Real Bañil F.C.'s Toni Butcher got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Toni Butcher in the 42nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Florentino Cristofol prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 45 minutes into the game, Real Bañil F.C.'s Toni Butcher nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Florentino Cristofol made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Froilan Firme to make the kick off. When Nemesio Valentine fell near the penalty area in the 53rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Litoral Rovers's protests and gave Nemesio Valentine a yellow card for diving instead. The Real Bañil F.C. fans' excitement grew in the 55th match minute when Real Bañil F.C.'s Toni Butcher 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 0-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After having played for 58 minutes, Toni Butcher managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Real Bañil F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Toni Butcher was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Toni Butcher's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 59thth minute, Florentino Cristofol skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 60th match minute, Litoral Rovers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Baldomero Ibon to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 64 minutes, Toni Butcher put it in 0-6 from a short distance just to the right of Florentino Cristofol. Florentino Cristofol made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Emiliano Rosa sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Litoral Rovers getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Nemesio Valentine hit a great ball. 71 minutes into the match, Leonardo Urdaspal notched a goal, 0-7, to the right of Litoral Rovers's Florentino Cristofol. Florentino Cristofol was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Toni Butcher had several of the Litoral Rovers's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 76 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-8 score and a disappointed Florentino Cristofol as he didn't even see the shot coming. Litoral Rovers were furious when Fermin Clis was red carded, 80 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 80 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Litoral Rovers! The referee gave Real Bañil F.C. a penalty, 83 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Toni Butcher, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Litoral Rovers's Florentino Cristofol. 0-9. With his leg Florentino Cristofol managed to avoid a goal in the 86thth minute, when Real Bañil F.C.'s Toni Butcher fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Toni Butcher got free with Florentino Cristofol in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A throw-in in the 90th minute of the game was made by Artemio Endira with Emiliano Rosa as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Froilan Firme fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 98th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bavo Van Dessel having to interfere. When the match was over Real Bañil F.C. could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Litoral Rovers throughout the match.