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Fortaleza
Spectators: 6983 (Terracing: 5482, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 1) Aureliano Romano made the kick off and thus started the match. Zanjón's Ernesto Batista played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aureliano Romano in the 5th minute of play. Ernesto Batista showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aureliano Romano in the 8th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Aristides Bidun during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Granate's Aristides Bidun got a free kick in the 11th minute. When Robustiano Bonifaco came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Zanjón 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 Robustiano Bonifaco couldn't finish the play. Robustiano Bonifaco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 23rd match minute, Granate was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Victoriano Furtado to maneuver through the defense. Ernesto Batista was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Aristides Bidun. If Aureliano Romano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Aristides Bidun made in the 47th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Lino Rey however managed to control. The supporters of Zanjón booed when Granate was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 48 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aristides Bidun didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mateo Hibai showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robustiano Bonifaco, who was totally free with the ball in the 49th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Robustiano Bonifaco to make the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fernan Mikelar during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 54 played minutes Zanjón got a freekick which was hit by Fernan Mikelar. After a rather tough play, Zanjón's Eusebio Pio got a free kick in the 58th minute. In the 64th minute, Eusebio Pio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Robustiano Bonifaco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mateo Hibai having to interfere. Robustiano Bonifaco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Mateo Hibai tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Zanjón getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Robustiano Bonifaco hit a great ball. After 80 minutes, Fabian Tibalt mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Zanjón and the Granate players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 80th match minute, Zanjón was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabian Tibalt to maneuver through the defense. Granate's Mateo Hibai proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save Granate from getting a goal against them. The Zanjón supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Zanjón would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.