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Merlinalandia
Spectators: 7256 (Terracing: 5443, Seating: 1669, VIP seats: 144) Ezequiel Iturri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Epifanio Milio in the 7th minute of play. National Warriors FC's Roberto Santxol played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edelmiro Goiz in the 10th minute of play. National Warriors FC's Roberto Santxol proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save National Warriors FC from getting a goal against them. Roberto Santxol showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edelmiro Goiz, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. In the 14th minute, Edelmiro Goiz fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Filomeno Panfilo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. National Warriors FC's Roberto Santxol played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edelmiro Goiz in the 21st minute of play. After 24 minutes National Warriors FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Siro Joanes who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Tobias Pinto got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Roberto Santxol quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Ezequiel Iturri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Epifanio Milio, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Iordanis Babasidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Adan Tartalo came free with the goalkeeper in the 31st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Roberto Santxol could save by the left post. Roberto Santxol made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Filomeno Panfilo sent off a good shot on target. National Warriors FC's Roberto Santxol proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save National Warriors FC from getting a goal against them. In the 36th minute of the match Ambrosio Lonzo sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ezequiel Iturri skillfully saved the ball. The audience was convinced that Epifanio Milio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ezequiel Iturri was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Epifanio Milio in the 39th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ezequiel Iturri saved Merlina FC from getting behind. If Eustaquio Jordy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Epifanio Milio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Merlina FC's Ezequiel Iturri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Epifanio Milio in the 44th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Epifanio Milio in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ezequiel Iturri saved Merlina FC from getting behind. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicanor Estevez in the 51st minute of play forced National Warriors FC's goalkeeper Roberto Santxol to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. National Warriors FC's Iordanis Babasidis got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Christian Romo hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Alfredo Oroitz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ezequiel Iturri having to interfere. Epifanio Milio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 68th minute Epifanio Milio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ezequiel Iturri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Ezequiel Iturri managed to avoid a goal in the 70thth minute, when National Warriors FC's Epifanio Milio fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 72 minutes, Epifanio Milio made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Merlina FC's Ezequiel Iturri tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as National Warriors FC's Epifanio Milio slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ezequiel Iturri. That made the score 0-2 after 76 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filomeno Panfilo in the 85th minute of play forced National Warriors FC's goalkeeper Roberto Santxol to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nicanor Estevez charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nicanor Estevez the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 91st match minute, Merlina FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicanor Estevez to maneuver through the defense. National Warriors FC played a much better game than Merlina FC and deserved their victory. The Merlina FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.