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Deportivo Ariel
Spectators: 7310 (Terracing: 5484, Seating: 1681, VIP seats: 145) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Damaso Frisco started the match with the kick off. Damaso Frisco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Arnulfo Enmanuel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 7th minute, Osvaldo Alfonso ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Andres Azubeli was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Andres Azubeli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hector Dominic in the 12th minute of play. Arnulfo Enmanuel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hector Gaspard, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Arnulfo Enmanuel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anselmo Sengrat, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. In the 18th minute, Albano Servando hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anselmo Sengrat fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnulfo Enmanuel having to interfere. In the 23rd match minute, Republic of Gamers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Clemente Jago to maneuver through the defense. Arnulfo Enmanuel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damaso Frisco, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. When Anselmo Sengrat came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the Republic of Gamers 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 Anselmo Sengrat couldn't finish the play. Damaso Frisco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Osvaldo Alfonso got free with Andres Azubeli in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 42 minutes into the game, Republic of Gamers's Damaso Frisco nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Arnulfo Enmanuel made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Hector Dominic made a kick off. After 51 minutes, Niceto Celio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ariel and the Republic of Gamers players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 51st match minute, Ariel was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Niceto Celio to maneuver through the defense. In the 53rd minute of the match, Damaso Frisco tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Arnulfo Enmanuel saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Clemente Jago fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnulfo Enmanuel having to interfere. Andres Azubeli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hector Dominic, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Clemente Jago received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Arnulfo Enmanuel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 64 minutes, Damaso Frisco managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Republic of Gamers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Damaso Frisco was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Arnulfo Enmanuel made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Hector Gaspard sent off a good shot on target. Clemente Jago hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. In the 84th minute, Damaso Frisco 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. Hector Dominic sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Albano Servando hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. In the 95th minute Damaso Frisco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arnulfo Enmanuel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match was over Republic of Gamers could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Ariel throughout the match.