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Palmarcito
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Fermin Bonifaco kicked off to start the match. El Abolengo's Jedrzej Bielecki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomás Bazil in the 5th minute of play. Israel Iago was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Honorio Arnalt showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 6 minute of play. Marcial Birjaio was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 11th minute. El Abolengo's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. The supporters of El Abolengo booed when Stardust FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Saverio Abeijon didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marcial Birjaio struck a weak shot in the 13th minute. Israel Iago didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for El Abolengo. Jedrzej Bielecki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauricio Jakue in the 14th minute of the match. After 17 played minutes El Abolengo got a freekick which was hit by Baldomiro Frederik. An unexpected shot in the 19th minute by Honorio Arnalt got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. A collision led to Stardust FC getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Tomás Bazil hit a great ball. When Marcial Birjaio came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the El Abolengo 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 Marcial Birjaio couldn't finish the play. 27 minutes in the game, Honorio Arnalt fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Israel Iago having to interfere. Jedrzej Bielecki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Saverio Abeijon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 35th minute Tomás Bazil shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jedrzej Bielecki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcial Birjaio in the 39thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Israel Iago, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. El Abolengo's Marcial Birjaio got a good chance for a goal in the 42nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Honorio Arnalt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marcial Birjaio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute of the match Santo Azeari sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Israel Iago skillfully saved the ball. El Abolengo's Alberto Pio quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Aquilino Orti, made in the 57th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Marcial Birjaio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Israel Iago was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Israel Iago didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Honorio Arnalt went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. In the 67th minute of the match Hilario Goizeder sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Israel Iago skillfully saved the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alberto Pio during the 71st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 71st minute, Alberto Pio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Marcial Birjaio managed to get in a good position for a shot. El Abolengo's supporters rose to their feet, but Marcial Birjaio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Israel Iago breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 78th minute, one of Stardust FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Stardust FC. Marcial Birjaio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Israel Iago tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tomás Bazil's late challenge caught a El Abolengo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tomás Bazil helped the player get up and apologised. In the 86th minute, Tomás Bazil hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, El Abolengo's Jedrzej Bielecki got control of the ball when Mauricio Jakue tried to sneak it across the goal line. Marcial Birjaio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 93 minutes into the match, Honorio Arnalt had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Israel Iago. Stardust FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Honorio Arnalt was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. 96 minutes into the game, Santo Azeari was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. El Abolengo's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Stardust FC the free kick. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. El Abolengo fully deserved thier win.