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Martin Palermo Arena
Spectators: 6653 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1653, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Domingo Unai took the kick off in the first half of the match. ACF Palermo's Eduardo Stephen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfredo Chucho in the 5th minute of play. When Botija's Cristian Pirro in the 6th minute got a chance for a shot 6th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ACF Palermo's goalie prevented a goal. The referee gave Botija a penalty, 9 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Flavio Johans, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of ACF Palermo's Eduardo Stephen. 0-1. ACF Palermo's Guido Betadur got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 18 minutes into the match, Botija's goal looked a bit too open when Domingo Unai came free, but Blas Urtats reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as ACF Palermo's Tomás Otsando slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Blas Urtats. That made the score 1-2 after 23 minutes of play. Botija's Blas Urtats proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Botija from getting a goal against them. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Botija's goalkeeper Blas Urtats, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The wind increased when Alfredo Chucho made the kick off in the second half. Botija's Blas Urtats played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Domingo Unai in the 53rd minute of play. Cristo Lander kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. A collision led to ACF Palermo getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Domingo Unai hit a great ball. Domingo Unai recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 73rdth minute of the game Guido Betadur who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Botija's Blas Urtats was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Blas Urtats showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Domingo Unai in the 79th minute of the match. In the 84th minute Domingo Unai shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Blas Urtats saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 87 minutes, Alfredo Chucho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Botija's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alfredo Chucho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Cristian Pirro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Eduardo Stephen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 97 minutes into the match, ACF Palermo's goalkeeper Eduardo Stephen had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristian Pirro. Botija's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.