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Pequeño Gigante
Spectators: 7212 (Terracing: 5410, Seating: 1659, VIP seats: 143) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Benjamin Richie kicked off to start the match. Patricio Sendoa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Nicanor Christobal made a huge save. After 5 minutes, Adolfo Argina mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SAUCE F.C. and the Chinchinales AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 5th minute, Adolfo Argina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Abel Silvino fell near the penalty area in the 7th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SAUCE F.C.'s protests and gave Abel Silvino a yellow card for diving instead. In the 7th minute, Abel Silvino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Miguel Navarro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nicolas Diaz having to interfere. Miguel Navarro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Nicolas Diaz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 16th minute, Gilberto Beliran hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to SAUCE F.C. getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Abel Silvino hit a great ball. In the 24th minute, Iker Ieltxu sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and SAUCE F.C.'s Nicolas Diaz didn't even have to move. Nicolas Diaz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Salvador Ferrer, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. If Patricio Sendoa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nicolas Diaz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Salvador Ferrer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Miguel Navarro took the ball and in the 48 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nicolas Diaz. Nicolas Diaz 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. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Miguel Navarro to make the kick off. In the 61st minute Miguel Navarro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicolas Diaz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Miguel Navarro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nicolas Diaz having to interfere. Salvador Ferrer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Nicolas Diaz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 68 minutes into the match, Miguel Navarro dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Nicolas Diaz, 0-2. In the 72nd minute, Salvador Ferrer 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. 74 minutes into the match, Chinchinales AFC's Miguel Navarro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nicolas Diaz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Nicolas Diaz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miguel Navarro in the 76th minute of the match. If Salvador Ferrer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Sendoa in the 90th minute of play forced Chinchinales AFC's goalkeeper Nicanor Christobal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Miguel Navarro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Nicolas Diaz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 97th match minute, SAUCE F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gilberto Beliran to maneuver through the defense. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Chinchinales AFC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.