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Tartagal LIVES!!!
Spectators: 7218 (Terracing: 5415, Seating: 1660, VIP seats: 143) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Anselmo Odilon made the kick off which started today's match. Ezequiel Atauri didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Anselmo Odilon went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in Tartagal Forever's zone, Anselmo Odilon stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ezequiel Atauri came out of the goal and Anselmo Odilon tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a little luck, Darwen Football Club's Iacob Petruț got control of the ball when Nemesio Leoiar tried to sneak it across the goal line. Anselmo Odilon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Ezequiel Atauri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Aristides Bonifaco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ezequiel Atauri was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. Ezequiel Atauri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anselmo Odilon, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. If Braulio Urtats had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Iacob Petruț made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nemesio Leoiar in the 25th minute. If Braulio Urtats had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Anselmo Odilon came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Darwen Football Club 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 Anselmo Odilon couldn't finish the play. 41 minutes into the match, Darwen Football Club's Anselmo Odilon sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ezequiel Atauri narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Ezequiel Atauri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Braulio Urtats in the 51st minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Tartagal Forever's zone, Anselmo Odilon stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ezequiel Atauri came out of the goal and Anselmo Odilon tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 57 minutes into the match, Tartagal Forever's goal looked a bit too open when Anselmo Odilon came free, but Ezequiel Atauri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 59 minutes of play, Tartagal Forever's Flavio Niguel made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Iacob Petruț was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Darwen Football Club getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Aristides Bonifaco hit a great ball. Flavio Niguel's late challenge caught a Darwen Football Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Flavio Niguel helped the player get up and apologised. In the 63rd match minute, Tartagal Forever was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Flavio Niguel to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Darwen Football Club's Juan Ritchie got a free kick in the 64th minute. Iacob Petruț showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Flavio Niguel, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. 71 minutes in the game, Anselmo Odilon fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Ezequiel Atauri having to interfere. After 72 minutes, Serafino Ferdinand mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tartagal Forever and the Darwen Football Club players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 72nd match minute, Tartagal Forever was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Serafino Ferdinand to maneuver through the defense. In the 73rd minute, Braulio Urtats made a precise shot to the right of Ezequiel Atauri. Tartagal Forever's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. Ezequiel Atauri stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Anselmo Odilon's shot from short distance in the 81st minute. After a defensive mix-up in Tartagal Forever's zone, Anselmo Odilon stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ezequiel Atauri came out of the goal and Anselmo Odilon tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Iacob Petruț took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nemesio Leoiar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Darwen Football Club were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.