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Faith Stadium
Spectators: 7312 (Terracing: 5485, Seating: 1682, VIP seats: 145) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Elvio Tadzio started the match with the kick off. Alejandro Astrada kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. In the 6th minute Romulo Remir shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aquiles Baldovino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Hilario Eneas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hilario Eneas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aquiles Baldovino having to interfere. In the 21st minute, Fulgencio Artaldo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 22 played minutes Esperanza Maritima got a freekick which was hit by Romulo Remir. Elvio Tadzio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Benigno Chico tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aquiles Baldovino made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Hilario Eneas sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Paulo Oskarbi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benigno Chico was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. The supporters of Atlético Sta. Clara booed when Esperanza Maritima was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Atilano Distiratsu didn't get a good kick on the ball. 39 minutes into the match, Esperanza Maritima's Hilario Eneas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aquiles Baldovino narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Romulo Remir was extremely unlucky when he, in the 40th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. In the 46th minute the ball was on its way in behind Esperanza Maritima's goalkeeper Benigno Chico, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Benigno Chico made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elvio Tadzio in the 47th minute of play. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Romulo Remir was the one to do the kick off. Esperanza Maritima's Benigno Chico played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elvio Tadzio in the 55th minute of play. With a little luck, Esperanza Maritima's Benigno Chico got control of the ball when Paulo Oskarbi tried to sneak it across the goal line. Gregorio Refugio hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Aquiles Baldovino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romulo Remir, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Paulo Oskarbi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Elvio Tadzio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Aquiles Baldovino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romulo Remir in the 84th minute of play. Aquiles Baldovino stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Romulo Remir's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. Romulo Remir fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aquiles Baldovino having to interfere.