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El Templo
Spectators: 7201 (Terracing: 5402, Seating: 1656, VIP seats: 143) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Fabian Distiratsu got the match started through his kick off. When Ubaldo Maurino came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Titanium 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 Ubaldo Maurino couldn't finish the play. When Joel Espiridion came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Los Magnificos F.C. 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 Joel Espiridion couldn't finish the play. Ildefonso Ruy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Justino Iztal, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. In the 23rd minute, Adolfo Maidana hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fabian Distiratsu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Salvador Torres succeeded in the game's 30th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-1. Rolando Atarratze received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Ildefonso Ruy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 39 minutes of play, Titanium AFC's Justino Iztal made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ildefonso Ruy was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 42nd minute, Cristobal Larra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ubaldo Maurino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ildefonso Ruy having to interfere. Epifanio Medero hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. 1-3 became the score in the 48th minute when Justino Iztal elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Justino Iztal made a kick off. In the 62nd minute Justino Iztal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ildefonso Ruy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aaron Chuse's late challenge caught a Los Magnificos F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aaron Chuse helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 70th minute of the game. One of Titanium AFC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Los Magnificos F.C.:s goal. Nestor Abancens placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Justino Iztal managed to get in a good position for a shot. Titanium AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Justino Iztal was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ildefonso Ruy breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Salvador Torres fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ceferino Fidensio having to interfere. After some careless play in the Titanium AFC defense, Salvador Torres kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ceferino Fidensio. The Titanium AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ceferino Fidensio should have stopped the shot. Ubaldo Maurino did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-4 to the left of a surprised Ildefonso Ruy 97 minutes into the match. Titanium AFC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.