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Sarmiento
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Rosendo Casomiro took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Atletic ALC FC's zone, Arnulfo Bertol stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Diego Otsando came out of the goal and Arnulfo Bertol tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Arnoldo Afonso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Diego Otsando having to interfere. After 10 played minutes Atletic ALC FC got a freekick which was hit by Jose Aznar. With his leg Diego Otsando managed to avoid a goal in the 11thth minute, when Messi de Troya FC's Arnulfo Bertol fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Arnulfo Bertol sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match clock showed 18 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Arnulfo Bertol sped through Atletic ALC FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Diego Otsando. Dante Kismi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florentino Herena in the 22nd minute of the match. After 23 minutes, Freddy Aurken mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Messi de Troya FC and the Atletic ALC FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Messi de Troya FC's Freddy Aurken got a free kick in the 23rd minute. In the 28th minute, Fulgencio Garikoitz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Atletic ALC FC booed when Messi de Troya FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Freddy Aurken didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arnulfo Bertol's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 33rdth minute, Diego Otsando skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 45 played minutes Atletic ALC FC got a freekick which was hit by Florentino Herena. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Arnulfo Bertol made a kick off. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by Atletic ALC FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jorge Transito was slow to take the kick. During this time Messi de Troya FC's players had a chance to rest. The audience was convinced that Arnulfo Bertol's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Diego Otsando was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. Fulgencio Garikoitz kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. If Florentino Herena had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Atletic ALC FC's zone, Freddy Aurken stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Diego Otsando came out of the goal and Freddy Aurken tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Arnulfo Bertol sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Freddy Aurken came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Messi de Troya FC 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 Freddy Aurken couldn't finish the play. In the 83rdth minute of the game Arnulfo Bertol who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Atletic ALC FC's Diego Otsando was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Arnulfo Bertol in the 88th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Diego Otsando saved Atletic ALC FC from getting behind. The audience thought a goal was coming when Florentino Herena got free with Dante Kismi in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 91st minute, Arnulfo Bertol left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Messi de Troya FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. Messi de Troya FC's Freddy Aurken got a good chance for a goal in the 98th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 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. Messi de Troya FC fully deserved thier win.