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Estadio Lircai
Spectators: 6710 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1710, VIP seats: 0) After 6 minutes, Juan Carlos Carrizo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lircai and the Llicaldao players grew even worse after the yellow card. Juan Carlos Carrizo kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. After 7 played minutes, Llicaldao's Sarracino Teran shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Juan María Cuminao came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Llicaldao reached it. After 10 minutes, Esequiel Noti mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lircai and the Llicaldao players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 10th minute, Esequiel Noti hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Xabier Cuadrado recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Matteo Martinich showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xabier Cuadrado in the 16th minute of the match. Lircai's Esequiel Noti got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Eric Winter kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Lázaro Contreras's late challenge caught a Lircai's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lázaro Contreras helped the player get up and apologised. In the 22nd match minute, Llicaldao was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lázaro Contreras to maneuver through the defense. Juan Carlos Carrizo missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 23 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Matteo Martinich right hand side. Juan María Cuminao showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romano Arrate in the 25th minute of the match. Juan María Cuminao showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romano Arrate, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. When Esequiel Noti came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Lircai 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 Esequiel Noti couldn't finish the play. Matteo Martinich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xabier Cuadrado in the 31st minute of play. Xabier Cuadrado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Matteo Martinich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 37 minutes into the match, Llicaldao's goalkeeper Matteo Martinich had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Esequiel Noti. With a little luck, Llicaldao's Matteo Martinich got control of the ball when Esequiel Noti tried to sneak it across the goal line. Llicaldao's Matteo Martinich proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save Llicaldao from getting a goal against them. Esequiel Noti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Matteo Martinich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Matteo Martinich made an important save on a dangerous shot by Esequiel Noti in the 47th minute. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Xabier Cuadrado to strike the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Llicaldao! Llicaldao's Markus Pastore got a good chance for a goal in the 57th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 62nd minute, Llicaldao's Markus Pastore ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Juan María Cuminao. Juan María Cuminao yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Juan María Cuminao made an important save on a dangerous shot by Markus Pastore in the 65th minute. In the 67th minute Romano Arrate shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juan María Cuminao saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Lircai's Juan María Cuminao got control of the ball when Markus Pastore tried to sneak it across the goal line. Romano Arrate recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Xabier Cuadrado charged in rather forcefully in the 75th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Xabier Cuadrado the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Lircai's Xabier Cuadrado got a free kick in the 75th minute. In the 79th minute Esequiel Noti shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matteo Martinich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 85 minutes into the match, Romano Arrate dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Juan María Cuminao, 1-2. After a rather tough play, Lircai's Xabier Cuadrado got a free kick in the 88th minute. Juan María Cuminao was a little too slow when Romano Arrate got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 90th minute. The score was now 1-3. If Romano Arrate had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Llicaldao's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.