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Estadio Llicaldao
Spectators: 6708 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1708, VIP seats: 0) An unexpectedly hard shot by Héctor Santana-Bauzá in the 5th minute of play forced Llicaldao's goalkeeper Matteo Martinich to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leonides Arratia struck a weak shot in the 9th minute. Matteo Martinich didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Linderos. Matteo Martinich didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Linderos's Héctor Santana-Bauzá shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Romano Arrate fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nazario Cienfuegos having to interfere. Mercé Willis hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Nazario Cienfuegos 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 23rd minute. When Héctor Santana-Bauzá came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the Linderos 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 Héctor Santana-Bauzá couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonides Arratia in the 25th minute of play forced Llicaldao's goalkeeper Matteo Martinich to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Leonides Arratia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Eric Winter fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Llicaldao's protests and gave Eric Winter a yellow card for diving instead. In the 30th match minute, Llicaldao was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eric Winter to maneuver through the defense. Nazario Cienfuegos 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 32nd minute. In the 35th minute, Markus Pastore got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 38 minutes into the match, Héctor Santana-Bauzá notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Llicaldao's Matteo Martinich. Matteo Martinich was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Héctor Santana-Bauzá had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Linderos's Nazario Cienfuegos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romano Arrate in the 45th minute of play. Nazario Cienfuegos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romano Arrate in the 46th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Héctor Santana-Bauzá made the kick off in the second half. Eric Winter got his second yellow card in the match during the 54th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 55th minute, Eric Winter hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Héctor Santana-Bauzá received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Matteo Martinich came out and tried to block the shot, but Héctor Santana-Bauzá slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 56th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 60 minutes, Matteo Martinich successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. A collision led to Linderos getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Mercé Willis hit a great ball. In the 69th minute, Leonides Arratia got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 86 minutes into the match, Markus Pastore had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nazario Cienfuegos. Linderos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Markus Pastore was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. Remi Salah hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Linderos had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.