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Estadio Pichanas
Spectators: 7283 (Terracing: 5464, Seating: 1675, VIP seats: 144) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Omar Santana started the match with the kick off. Santos Gar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Narciso Jesco having to interfere. Omar Santana recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Santos Gar came up free with the goalie in the 6th minute, the Pichanas AFC 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 Santos Gar couldn't finish the play. In the 9th minute, Omar Santana got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 14 minutes into the game, instituto de trafico's Romulo Mendiko nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Pablo Valente made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 18 minutes into the game, instituto de trafico's Romulo Mendiko nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Pablo Valente made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Pablo Valente showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felipe Acevedo in the 22nd minute of the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in Pichanas AFC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 26th minute. Penalty! The referee gave instituto de trafico a penalty, 29 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Dionisio Jerrald, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Pichanas AFC's Pablo Valente. 0-3. Pichanas AFC's Pablo Valente played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felipe Acevedo in the 35th minute of play. Santos Gar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Haroldo Umea made in the 43rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Romulo Mendiko. In the 46th play minute Santos Gar came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Narciso Jesco. 1-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Felipe Acevedo made the kick off in the second half. Pichanas AFC's Pablo Valente proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Pichanas AFC from getting a goal against them. 57 minutes into the match, Pichanas AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Felipe Acevedo came free, but Pablo Valente reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pichanas AFC's Omar Santana got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Pablo Valente took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felipe Acevedo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 69th minute Omar Santana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Narciso Jesco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, instituto de trafico's Romulo Mendiko got a free kick in the 69th minute. Pichanas AFC's Santos Gar got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Narciso Jesco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Omar Santana in the 75th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Omar Santana managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pichanas AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Omar Santana was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Narciso Jesco breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Haroldo Umea during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Pichanas AFC booed when instituto de trafico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Haroldo Umea didn't get a good kick on the ball. With an all-out effort, instituto de trafico's Pablo Valente threw himself towards the right post 81 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Felipe Acevedo, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Pichanas AFC's Pablo Valente proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Pichanas AFC from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Omar Santana in the 88th minute of play forced instituto de trafico's goalkeeper Narciso Jesco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Wilfredo Aresti fell near the penalty area in the 90th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pichanas AFC's protests and gave Wilfredo Aresti a yellow card for diving instead. In the 90th match minute, Pichanas AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilfredo Aresti to maneuver through the defense. In the 91st minute, Dionisio Jerrald sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Pichanas AFC's Pablo Valente didn't even have to move. Pablo Valente showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Inocencio Olo in the 93rd minute of the match. Felipe Acevedo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Pablo Valente came out and tried to block the shot, but Felipe Acevedo slotted it home off the left post making it 1-4 in the 95th minute. The instituto de trafico supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing instituto de trafico would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.