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Estadio Recreo
Spectators: 7010 (Terracing: 5365, Seating: 1645, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Desiderio Ramirez made the kick off which started today's match. Alejo Erlantz charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alejo Erlantz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, San Martin's Alejo Erlantz got a free kick in the 4th minute. Evelio Martxel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gonzalo Florin in the 6th minute of play. San Martin's Evelio Martxel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Desiderio Ramirez in the 9th minute of play. In the 14th minute Ulises Nuno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edelmiro Isadore saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to San Martin getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Salvador Rameriz hit a great ball. The supporters of Santamarina booed when San Martin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wilfredo Su didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cipriano Medero took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 19th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Evelio Martxel. San Martin's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Ulises Nuno fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edelmiro Isadore having to interfere. Tomas Guillelmo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Ulises Nuno's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edelmiro Isadore was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. After 28 minutes, Tomas Guillelmo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the San Martin and the Santamarina players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 28th minute, Tomas Guillelmo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jose Milio during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 36th minute, Ulises Nuno ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edelmiro Isadore was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Evelio Martxel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentin Gil in the 40th minute of the match. If Ulises Nuno had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jose Milio in the 44th minute of play forced San Martin's goalkeeper Evelio Martxel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th match minute, Santamarina was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gonzalo Florin to maneuver through the defense. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Saverio Ostadar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, San Martin's Mauro Luken got a free kick in the 51st minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Valentin Gil got free with Evelio Martxel in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Edelmiro Isadore took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Saverio Ostadar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ulises Nuno in the 58th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Edelmiro Isadore prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a little luck, San Martin's Evelio Martxel got control of the ball when Gonzalo Florin tried to sneak it across the goal line. Alejo Erlantz hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Valentin Gil scored 1-1 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Evelio Martxel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Desiderio Ramirez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Evelio Martxel was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. Evelio Martxel made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Valentin Gil sent off a good shot on target. With an all-out effort, Santamarina's Evelio Martxel threw himself towards the right post 77 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jose Milio, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. When the match had gone on for 78 minutes, Desiderio Ramirez took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Evelio Martxel to make any attempt to save it. San Martin's Alvaro Cordarin was substituted for Ulises Nuno. Humberto Bembe charged in rather forcefully in the 83rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Humberto Bembe the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Valentin Gil's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Evelio Martxel firmly grabbed it by the left post. Desiderio Ramirez received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Evelio Martxel came out and tried to block the shot, but Desiderio Ramirez slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 90th minute. Evelio Martxel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jose Milio, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Valentin Gil received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Evelio Martxel came out and tried to block the shot, but Valentin Gil slotted it home off the left post making it 1-4 in the 95th minute. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Santamarina had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.