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Luis Franzini
Spectators: 9143 (Terracing: 6850, Seating: 2111, VIP seats: 182) Duarte Castellon took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 13th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Golaki Era. Defensor Sporting Club's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Golaki Era showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toma Merlushkin, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Duarte Castellon struck a weak shot in the 19th minute. Golaki Era didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for El Pinar. In the 29thth minute of the game Toma Merlushkin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Defensor Sporting Club's Golaki Era was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Golaki Era showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thanos Kalikis in the 29th minute of the match. In the 33rd match minute, Defensor Sporting Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arif Ensar Rafiz to maneuver through the defense. Golaki Era stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Toma Merlushkin's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. The audience was convinced that Felix Roldan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ni Tian Peng was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. Felix Roldans short, quick shot in the 39thth minute got Ni Tian Peng to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Arif Ensar Rafiz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ni Tian Peng having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Toma Merlushkin to make the kick off. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Toma Merlushkin put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Golaki Era. Ni Tian Peng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arif Ensar Rafiz in the 63rd minute of the match. In the 66th minute, Thanos Kalikis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 68th minute, Tomas Mecca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 74 minutes had been played when some careless play by Defensor Sporting Club's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Thanos Kalikis was slow to take the kick. During this time El Pinar's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Duarte Castellon heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. If Thanos Kalikis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Defensor Sporting Club's Desiderio Santiago got a free kick in the 78th minute. Toma Merlushkin did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-2 to the left of a surprised Golaki Era 81 minutes into the match. After 87 played minutes Defensor Sporting Club got a freekick which was hit by Felix Roldan. Thanos Kalikis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Duarte Castellon was extremely unlucky when he, in the 95th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. The El Pinar supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing El Pinar would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.