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Spectators: 7112 (Terracing: 5336, Seating: 1635, VIP seats: 141) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Paco Gerlow made the kick off which started today's match. After 3 played minutes Paco Gerlow rounded MATADEROS's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. 7 minutes into the match, MATADEROS's goal looked a bit too open when Paco Gerlow came free, but Francisco Hurko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Leopoldo Menendo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Francisco Hurko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Paco Gerlow scored 2-0 in the 10th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Francisco Hurko, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Francisco Hurko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paco Gerlow, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Francisco Hurko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paco Gerlow in the 16th minute of the match. MATADEROS's Francisco Hurko proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save MATADEROS from getting a goal against them. Leopoldo Menendo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 18th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a little luck, MATADEROS's Francisco Hurko got control of the ball when Leopoldo Menendo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Leopoldo Menendo was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 23rd minute. Pinto Un Tinto's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. The crowd rose to their feet as Paco Gerlow kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Francisco Hurko. That made the score 3-0 in the 24 minute of play. Paco Gerlow had several of the MATADEROS's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 27 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 4-0 score and a disappointed Francisco Hurko as he didn't even see the shot coming. The audience was convinced that Paco Gerlow's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Francisco Hurko was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. When Pinto Un Tinto's Paco Gerlow in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye MATADEROS's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to Pinto Un Tinto getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Benji Beckett hit a great ball. When Leopoldo Menendo came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the Pinto Un Tinto 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 Leopoldo Menendo couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the MATADEROS defense, Leopoldo Menendo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Francisco Hurko. The MATADEROS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Francisco Hurko should have stopped the shot. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Adan Fero made the kick off in the second half. Leopoldo Menendo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Paco Gerlow's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Francisco Hurko was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. In the 64th minute Leopoldo Menendo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Francisco Hurko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Francisco Hurko didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Paco Gerlow went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. After 70 minutes of play, Pinto Un Tinto's Leopoldo Menendo made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Francisco Hurko was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of MATADEROS booed when Pinto Un Tinto was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bo Hägg didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Paco Gerlow's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Francisco Hurko was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. Leopoldo Menendo struck a weak shot in the 78th minute. Francisco Hurko didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Pinto Un Tinto. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paco Gerlow in the 81st minute of play forced MATADEROS's goalkeeper Francisco Hurko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Leopoldo Menendo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Adan Fero recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Fran Leroy fell near the penalty area in the 86th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pinto Un Tinto's protests and gave Fran Leroy a yellow card for diving instead. Francisco Hurko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paco Gerlow in the 88th minute of play. A collision led to MATADEROS getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Leonel Boni hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Pinto Un Tinto's Simon Santos tried to score from far away in the 91st minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Leopoldo Menendo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Francisco Hurko read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 93rd minute of play. If Leopoldo Menendo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 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. Pinto Un Tinto fully deserved thier win.