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Estadio Animán
Spectators: 7107 (Terracing: 5332, Seating: 1634, VIP seats: 141) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Rosendo Palos got the match started through his kick off. After some careless play in the Animán AFC defense, Silvio Gaztea kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Simon Marcones. The Animán AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Simon Marcones should have stopped the shot. Fernandinho Toscano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Simon Marcones having to interfere. Simon Marcones showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel Joachim, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Osvaldinho Esteves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Simon Marcones having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Animán AFC's zone, Fernandinho Toscano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Simon Marcones came out of the goal and Fernandinho Toscano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Silvio Gaztea sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Simon Marcones showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel Joachim, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Rosendo Palos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Ramiro Ebardo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fernandinho Toscano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Osvaldinho Esteves in the 26th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Simon Marcones prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Silvio Gaztea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Simon Marcones having to interfere. Raul Bernal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Simon Marcones tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fernandinho Toscano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 40 minutes into the match, Fernandinho Toscano notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Animán AFC's Simon Marcones. Simon Marcones was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Fernandinho Toscano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Osvaldinho Esteves was the one to do the kick off. A sloppy throw-in by Iker Eliazar in the 53rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by La Guardia Imperial's Luciano Perutxo. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luciano Perutxo in the 53rd minute of play forced Animán AFC's goalkeeper Simon Marcones to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 55 minutes into the match, La Guardia Imperial's goal looked a bit too open when Rosendo Palos came free, but Ramiro Ebardo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 56th match minute, Animán AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iker Eliazar to maneuver through the defense. Raul Bernal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Simon Marcones having to interfere. Osvaldinho Esteves succeeded in the game's 61st minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-4. Fernandinho Toscano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Simon Marcones having to interfere. Simon Marcones made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Osvaldinho Esteves sent off a good shot on target. In the 78th minute the ball was on its way in behind Animán AFC's goalkeeper Simon Marcones, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Animán AFC's zone, Silvio Gaztea stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Simon Marcones came out of the goal and Silvio Gaztea tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. La Guardia Imperial's Fernandinho Toscano got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Osvaldinho Esteves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match was over La Guardia Imperial could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Animán AFC throughout the match.