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Simogasta
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Rosendo Bastiaro started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Elvio Weather during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Simogasta FC's Elvio Weather got a free kick in the 4th minute. When Manuel Jerico fell near the penalty area in the 6th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored The Dark Team's protests and gave Manuel Jerico a yellow card for diving instead. After 6 played minutes The Dark Team got a freekick which was hit by Manuel Jerico. The Dark Team's Alvaro Lucian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gogo Enekoitz in the 8th minute of play. A collision led to The Dark Team getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Ceferino Arotza hit a great ball. In the 9th minute of the match Fernan Eli shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alvaro Lucian showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Gogo Enekoitz might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alvaro Lucian. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gogo Enekoitz ran back to his position shaking his head. Jonathan Maties took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ceferino Arotza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Maties made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rosendo Bastiaro in the 20th minute of play. If Rosendo Bastiaro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alvaro Lucian made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Teobaldo Efraim in the 25th minute of play. Ceferino Arotza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Maties having to interfere. Rosendo Bastiaro took the ball and in the 43 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Maties. Jonathan Maties dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Jonathan Maties made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rosendo Bastiaro in the 47th minute of play. After the first half The Dark Team were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Teobaldo Efraim was the one to do the kick off. Manuel Jerico succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-2 in the 51st playminute. In the 59th minute, Manuel Jerico ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonathan Maties was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Jonathan Maties made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Uriel Telesforo in the 63rd minute of play. In the 74th minute Teobaldo Efraim shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alvaro Lucian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Teobaldo Efraim in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Alvaro Lucian prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teobaldo Efraim in the 80th minute of play forced The Dark Team's goalkeeper Alvaro Lucian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Uriel Telesforo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jonathan Maties. That made the score 1-4 in the 81 minute of play. Alvaro Vistruario hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Teobaldo Efraim in the 90th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Alvaro Lucian prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Manuel Jerico could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Jonathan Maties made a huge save. If Gogo Enekoitz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alvaro Lucian took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teobaldo Efraim, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. The Dark Team walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.