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EL PATAGONICO
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. Marcelino Niguel started the match with the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jimeno Martinez during the 2nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 2nd minute, Jimeno Martinez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in MALVINAS F.C.'s zone, Marcelino Niguel stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Candido Espiridion came out of the goal and Marcelino Niguel tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Marcelino Niguel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Candido Espiridion was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. In the 8th minute, Sixto Raebert left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The LosRanaPola fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Rodrigo Mancio's late challenge caught a MALVINAS F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rodrigo Mancio helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, LosRanaPola's Rodrigo Mancio got a free kick in the 10th minute. MALVINAS F.C.'s Ivan Telo got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Candido Espiridion showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sixto Raebert in the 13th minute of the match. If Rogelio Claris had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. LosRanaPola's Maximo Vela proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save LosRanaPola from getting a goal against them. In the 20th minute Alfonso Indar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maximo Vela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Candido Espiridion took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcelino Niguel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, LosRanaPola's Albano Lixandro got a free kick in the 29th minute. With an all-out effort, MALVINAS F.C.'s Maximo Vela threw himself towards the right post 31 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Teofilo Estavan, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. LosRanaPola's Maximo Vela played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rogelio Claris in the 32nd minute of play. With a little luck, LosRanaPola's Maximo Vela got control of the ball when Ivan Telo tried to sneak it across the goal line. 37 minutes into the match, LosRanaPola's goal looked a bit too open when Alfonso Indar came free, but Maximo Vela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. MALVINAS F.C.'s Candido Espiridion played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marco Boniel in the 40th minute of play. In the 41st minute, Sixto Raebert made a precise shot to the right of Candido Espiridion. MALVINAS F.C.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Sixto Raebert sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

A collision led to LosRanaPola getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Marcelino Niguel hit a great ball. Maximo Vela came out of the goal in the 54th minute to try and stop a shot by MALVINAS F.C.'s Rogelio Claris. But to his dismay, Rogelio Claris quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. When Alfonso Indar came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the MALVINAS F.C. 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 Alfonso Indar couldn't finish the play. Maximo Vela made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rogelio Claris in the 62nd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sixto Raebert got free with Candido Espiridion in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. MALVINAS F.C. were furious when Jimeno Martinez was red carded, 69 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The goalkeeper, Candido Espiridion, was totally fooled by LosRanaPola's Sixto Raebert, who 71 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. 75 minutes into the match, LosRanaPola's goal looked a bit too open when Ivan Telo came free, but Maximo Vela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 77 minutes into the match, Marco Boniel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Candido Espiridion. MALVINAS F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marco Boniel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. 80 minutes into the match, Sixto Raebert notched a goal, 1-6, to the right of MALVINAS F.C.'s Candido Espiridion. Candido Espiridion was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 85 minutes into the match, MALVINAS F.C.'s Ivan Telo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Maximo Vela narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Candido Espiridion made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sixto Raebert in the 88th minute. LosRanaPola's Albano Lixandro got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Marco Boniel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Candido Espiridion having to interfere. Ivan Telo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maximo Vela having to interfere. Ivan Telo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Maximo Vela tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Alfonso Indar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. LosRanaPola played a much better game than MALVINAS F.C. and deserved their victory. The MALVINAS F.C. players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.