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Estadio Icaño
Spectators: 6654 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1654, VIP seats: 0) Icaño AFC's Hugo Mergildo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 2 minutes, Raimundo Astrada mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Charatas AFC and the Icaño AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 3rd minute, Raimundo Astrada hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 6 minutes into the match, Hugo Mergildo dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Zacarias Kismi, 1-0. The supporters of Icaño AFC booed when Charatas AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hipolito Nuñez didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Icaño AFC booed when Charatas AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Omar Louis didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Charatas AFC's Zacarias Kismi got control of the ball when Arnoldo Sarracino tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ricardo Ciceron scored 1-1 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tobias Xacintu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Marcial Anaya hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Icaño AFC's Hugo Mergildo got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tobias Xacintu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marcial Anaya went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Ricardo Ciceron made the kick off in the second half. 57 minutes into the match, Charatas AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Hugo Mergildo came free, but Zacarias Kismi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 59 minutes into the match, Icaño AFC's Hugo Mergildo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zacarias Kismi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ricardo Ciceron received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Tobias Xacintu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Icaño AFC's Tobias Xacintu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ricardo Ciceron in the 63rd minute of play. Marcial Anaya might have been able to make a better finish in the 66th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tobias Xacintu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marcial Anaya ran back to his position shaking his head. Cristo Argi hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. In the 69th minute Arnoldo Sarracino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zacarias Kismi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 79 minutes, Marcial Anaya managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Charatas AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marcial Anaya was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tobias Xacintu was out of position in the 81 minute of play, and Ricardo Ciceron capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ricardo Ciceron really showed his touch with that goal: 1-3. A collision led to Icaño AFC getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Federico Duarte hit a great ball. Rodolfo Laffitte got in the 87th minute a good position and tried a long shot which to a great surprise passed a very astonished Tobias Xacintu. This was a shot which ended in a score of 1-4. Tobias Xacintu was out of position in the 97 minute of play, and Ricardo Ciceron capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ricardo Ciceron really showed his touch with that goal: 1-5. When the final whistle sounded Charatas AFC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Icaño AFC.