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FORTALEZA AZUL
Spectators: 8465 (Terracing: 6350, Seating: 1946, VIP seats: 169) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Marcelo Salas got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of The Celestial Lion booed when MAREA-AZUL was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Velasco Dayson didn't get a good kick on the ball. 6 minutes into the match, The Celestial Lion's goal looked a bit too open when Gabriel Vargas came free, but Alberto Poletti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, The Celestial Lion's Marcelo Salas got a free kick in the 7th minute. Alberto Poletti didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when MAREA-AZUL's Velasco Dayson shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 12th minute Velasco Dayson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alberto Poletti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Gabriel Vargas managed to get in a good position for a shot. MAREA-AZUL's supporters rose to their feet, but Gabriel Vargas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alberto Poletti breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Celestial Lion's Alberto Poletti proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save The Celestial Lion from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelo Salas in the 20th minute of play forced MAREA-AZUL's goalkeeper Loco Fournier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of The Celestial Lion booed when MAREA-AZUL was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Viktor Hansson didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Celestial Lion's Alberto Poletti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Unai Ariza in the 23rd minute of play. Alberto Poletti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Velasco Dayson, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. After 30 played minutes The Celestial Lion got a freekick which was hit by Emmanuel Laso de la Vega. 33 minutes into the match, The Celestial Lion's goalkeeper Alberto Poletti had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sebastián Dargham. Alberto Poletti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriel Vargas in the 34th minute of play. Bermejo Schlubach kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, MAREA-AZUL's Gabriel Vargas got a free kick in the 40th minute. Bermejo Schlubach charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bermejo Schlubach the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 41st match minute, The Celestial Lion was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bermejo Schlubach to maneuver through the defense. If Gabriel Vargas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Velasco Dayson made the kick off in the second half. Alberto Poletti took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gabriel Vargas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Celestial Lion's Alberto Poletti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sebastián Dargham in the 52nd minute of play. Alberto Poletti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel Vargas, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Marcelo Salas hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. 68 minutes into the match, The Celestial Lion's goal looked a bit too open when Viktor Hansson came free, but Alberto Poletti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 70 minutes into the match, The Celestial Lion's goal looked a bit too open when Velasco Dayson came free, but Alberto Poletti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. MAREA-AZUL's Gabriel Vargas got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Alberto Poletti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Velasco Dayson in the 78th minute of the match. A sloppy throw-in by Tinguaro Puyol in the 80th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by The Celestial Lion's Blanco Encalada. Viktor Hansson kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. Alberto Poletti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Velasco Dayson, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Tanio Klein charged in rather forcefully in the 85th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tanio Klein the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, The Celestial Lion's Tanio Klein got a free kick in the 85th minute. Alberto Poletti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriel Vargas in the 88th minute of play. The Celestial Lion were furious when Kamil Grosics was red carded, 94 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 94 played minutes The Celestial Lion got a freekick which was hit by Kamil Grosics. Unai Ariza was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 96th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. MAREA-AZUL walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.