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Estadio CARDENALES
Spectators: 7220 (Terracing: 5416, Seating: 1661, VIP seats: 143) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Allen Bannister started the match with the kick off. Allen Bannister received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Eustaquio Atarratze came out and tried to block the shot, but Allen Bannister slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 6th minute. Constantino Osasun scored 1-1 in the 12th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arnaldo Arotza, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Cardenales's Arnaldo Arotza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jacek Gendolla in the 19th minute of play. Eustaquio Atarratze showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Reynaldo Nesor in the 25th minute of the match. Eustaquio Atarratze showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Allen Bannister in the 26th minute of the match. Arnaldo Arotza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Constantino Osasun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Constantino Osasun in the 29th minute of play forced Cardenales's goalkeeper Arnaldo Arotza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Jacek Gendolla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With an all-out effort, Cardenales's Eustaquio Atarratze threw himself towards the right post 43 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Allen Bannister, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Eustaquio Atarratze made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Allen Bannister in the 44th minute of play. 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.

The wind increased when Jacek Gendolla made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Feliciano Bitxintxo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Allen Bannister's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eustaquio Atarratze was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. Eustaquio Atarratze showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anselmo Terciero, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Allen Bannister fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eustaquio Atarratze having to interfere. Eustaquio Atarratze took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Allen Bannister, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eustaquio Atarratze took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anselmo Terciero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Omar Erroman hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Jacek Gendolla hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. In the 77th minute, Allen Bannister made a precise shot to the right of Eustaquio Atarratze. Rumiyaco's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Constantino Osasun fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnaldo Arotza having to interfere. 85 minutes into the match, Allen Bannister had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eustaquio Atarratze. Rumiyaco's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Allen Bannister was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Allen Bannister recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 89th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 90 minutes into the match, Rumiyaco's goal looked a bit too open when Allen Bannister came free, but Eustaquio Atarratze reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eustaquio Atarratze took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Allen Bannister, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Cardenales had won after a very even match.