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Spectators: 6661 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1661, VIP seats: 0) Paulino Hibai's late challenge caught a Defensores De Las Sierras's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Paulino Hibai helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Independencia's Paulino Hibai got a free kick in the 2nd minute. When Felix Bitxintxo came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the Defensores De Las Sierras 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 Felix Bitxintxo couldn't finish the play. Joaquin Valiente made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Remigio Urti in the 7th minute of play. Remigio Urti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Joaquin Valiente tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 16th minute, Felix Bitxintxo 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felix Bitxintxo got free with Joaquin Valiente in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Remigio Urti sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gustavo Indar during the 27th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 27th minute, Gustavo Indar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With an all-out effort, Defensores De Las Sierras's Joaquin Valiente threw himself towards the right post 32 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Remigio Urti, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nemesio Udalaitz during the 33rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Independencia getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Nemesio Udalaitz hit a great ball. Hernan Omero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elpidio Henry in the 38th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafael Gorosti in the 39th minute of play forced Defensores De Las Sierras's goalkeeper Hernan Omero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Remigio Urti to make the kick off. Joaquin Valiente made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Bitxintxo in the 64th minute of play. In the 67th minute the ball was on its way in behind Defensores De Las Sierras's goalkeeper Hernan Omero, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Remigio Urti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Joaquin Valiente tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Independencia's Nemesio Udalaitz got a free kick in the 74th minute. Independencia's Joaquin Valiente played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Remigio Urti in the 75th minute of play. Independencia's Paulino Hibai got his second yellow card of the match in the 76th minute. The referee ordered Paulino Hibai off the ground. After 76 played minutes Independencia got a freekick which was hit by Paulino Hibai. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Elpidio Henry during the 81st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 82 played minutes Independencia got a freekick which was hit by Elpidio Henry. 88 minutes into the game, Rafael Gorosti cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Hernan Omero was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The Independencia players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Defensores De Las Sierras from taking control. The game ends in a draw.