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Gualjaina
Spectators: 7239 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1689, VIP seats: 50) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Venancio Cordarius got the match started through his kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, Humberto Duardo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Soldado de Romero's supporters rose to their feet, but Humberto Duardo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jeremias Dei breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Miguel Erlantz got free with Silvano Bazil in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Silvano Bazil made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Federico Lluis in the 8th minute of play. After having played for 12 minutes, Venancio Cordarius managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Soldado de Romero's supporters crossed their fingers, but Venancio Cordarius was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 15 minutes into the match, Carlos Mantzio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jeremias Dei. Loco de la Ruta FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Carlos Mantzio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Carlos Mantzio during the 17th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Loco de la Ruta FC booed when Soldado de Romero was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carlos Mantzio didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 21st minute, Luis Paskal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 24 minutes into the match, Loco de la Ruta FC's goal looked a bit too open when Carlos Mantzio came free, but Jeremias Dei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Venancio Cordarius in the 28th minute of play forced Loco de la Ruta FC's goalkeeper Jeremias Dei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 28 minutes into the match, Venancio Cordarius had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jeremias Dei. Loco de la Ruta FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Venancio Cordarius was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Jeremias Dei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Mantzio, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Jeremias Dei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Venancio Cordarius, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. After 41 minutes of play, Soldado de Romero's Venancio Cordarius made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jeremias Dei was left in no man's land by his defense there! Venancio Cordarius fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jeremias Dei having to interfere. Silvano Bazil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Federico Lluis in the 47th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Soldado de Romero's Silvano Bazil played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Federico Lluis in the 53rd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Loco de la Ruta FC's zone, Leandro Senen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jeremias Dei came out of the goal and Leandro Senen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Silvano Bazil made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Federico Lluis in the 57th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Venancio Cordarius's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jeremias Dei was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. 62 minutes into the game, one of Soldado de Romero:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Soldado de Romero's Leandro Senen got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 74 played minutes Loco de la Ruta FC got a freekick which was hit by Nereo Medero. Carlos Mantzio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Jeremias Dei tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Cesar Transito had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 81st minute Miguel Erlantz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvano Bazil saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Loco de la Ruta FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 83rd minute, when Cesar Transito scored to the left of an out of position Jeremias Dei, making the score, 1-4. After some careless play in the Soldado de Romero defense, Federico Lluis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Silvano Bazil. The Soldado de Romero fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Silvano Bazil should have stopped the shot. After having played for 94 minutes, Carlos Mantzio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Soldado de Romero's supporters crossed their fingers, but Carlos Mantzio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The Loco de la Ruta FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Soldado de Romero were clearly better and deserved to take the win.