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Andres Ciro Martinez
Spectators: 7010 (Terracing: 5365, Seating: 1645, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Benicio Roldan got the match started through his kick off. The audience was convinced that Benicio Roldan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Damaso Lordi was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Damaso Lordi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anton Sjöberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. In the 15th minute Filiberto Rumaldo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damaso Lordi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 17 minutes of play, C.A. Motumbo's Benicio Roldan made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Damaso Lordi was left in no man's land by his defense there! 21 minutes into the match, Ezequiel Foro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Damaso Lordi. Piojoso FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ezequiel Foro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After a rather tough play, C.A. Motumbo's Ezequiel Foro got a free kick in the 27th minute. Higinio Ereinotz hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. In the 31st minute, Benicio Roldan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The C.A. Motumbo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. In the 34th match minute, Piojoso FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfonso Florian to maneuver through the defense. 36 minutes into the game, C.A. Motumbo's Anton Sjöberg nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Damaso Lordi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. In the 42nd match minute, C.A. Motumbo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ciriaco Galindo to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Serafin Videl in the 48th minute of play forced C.A. Motumbo's goalkeeper Evelio Odilon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Adolfo Jakue made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the game, Piojoso FC's Generoso Espiridion nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Evelio Odilon made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. In the 58th minute, Jesus Hechter hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 59th minute of the match Victorino Domeka shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Evelio Odilon showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, C.A. Motumbo's Ezequiel Foro got a free kick in the 62nd minute. The audience was convinced that Generoso Espiridion's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Evelio Odilon was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Adolfo Jakue sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Anton Sjöberg might have been able to make a better finish in the 73rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Damaso Lordi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Anton Sjöberg ran back to his position shaking his head. 79 minutes into the game, Benicio Roldan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. C.A. Motumbo's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Piojoso FC the free kick. After a rather tough play, C.A. Motumbo's Benicio Roldan got a free kick in the 79th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Benicio Roldan kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Damaso Lordi. That made the score 1-5 in the 85 minute of play. 88 minutes into the match, Piojoso FC's goalkeeper Damaso Lordi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Benicio Roldan. Benicio Roldan who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 91stth minute tested the skills of Damaso Lordi when he managed to save the team from getting behind. A collision led to Piojoso FC getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Victorino Domeka hit a great ball. Damaso Lordi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anton Sjöberg in the 97th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded C.A. Motumbo left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Piojoso FC.