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Estadio Noqueoj
Spectators: 6663 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1663, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Justino Maties started the match with the kick off. Leonides Llorienzo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anastasio Errolan having to interfere. If Roque Emenon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anastasio Errolan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leonides Llorienzo in the 13th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Gabriel Francesco managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sijes FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Gabriel Francesco was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. David Franco breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Justino Maties had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Gabriel Francesco came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the Sijes FC 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 Gabriel Francesco couldn't finish the play. David Franco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel Francesco, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Justino Maties received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. David Franco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gabriel Francesco struck a weak shot in the 29th minute. David Franco didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sijes FC. David Franco came out of the goal in the 31st minute to try and stop a shot by Sijes FC's Justino Maties. But to his dismay, Justino Maties quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. The supporters of Noqueoj FC booed when Sijes FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gabriel Francesco didn't get a good kick on the ball. David Franco stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gabriel Francesco's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. In the 38th minute Justino Maties shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Franco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 42 minutes into the game, Sijes FC's Gabriel Francesco nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. David Franco made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. The Noqueoj FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Sijes FC were winning 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Roque Emenon was the one to do the kick off. If Leonides Llorienzo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gabriel Francesco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Franco having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gabriel Francesco got free with David Franco in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gabriel Francesco had several of the Noqueoj FC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 72 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 0-3 score and a disappointed David Franco as he didn't even see the shot coming. When the match clock showed 79 minutes, the score became 0-4 when Justino Maties sped through Noqueoj FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of David Franco. After 82 minutes of play, Sijes FC's Gabriel Francesco made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. David Franco was left in no man's land by his defense there! Joaquin Koldobika hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Gabriel Francesco's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but David Franco firmly grabbed it by the left post. Sijes FC's Gabriel Francesco got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 94 minutes, Gabriel Francesco managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sijes FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gabriel Francesco was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 96th minute Justino Maties shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Franco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match was over Sijes FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Noqueoj FC throughout the match.