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Merinos
Spectators: 6703 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1703, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Xacobo Viñales started the match with the kick off. Oalo Barranco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xacobo Viñales in the 3rd minute of the match. 7 minutes into the match, Xacobo Viñales had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Oalo Barranco. Merinos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Xacobo Viñales was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Angelo Archuleta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvaro Raedo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 15 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mercedes's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sugoi Balensuela was slow to take the kick. During this time Merinos's players had a chance to rest. After some careless play in the Merinos defense, Xacobo Viñales kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Oalo Barranco. The Merinos fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Oalo Barranco should have stopped the shot. Valiente Erran kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. After 28 minutes of play, Mercedes's Xacobo Viñales made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Oalo Barranco was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mercedes's Maju Laurencio got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Xacobo Viñales had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Oalo Barranco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xacobo Viñales, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. In the 41st minute, Maju Laurencio 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. After a rather tough play, Merinos's Bonifacio Danzo got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Merinos's Oalo Barranco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maju Laurencio in the 45th minute of play.

Angelo Archuleta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guillem Borges, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. After a rather tough play, Merinos's Alvaro Raedo got a free kick in the 59th minute. Maju Laurencio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Xacobo Viñales sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mercedes's Angelo Archuleta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvaro Raedo in the 65th minute of play. Maju Laurencio might have been able to make a better finish in the 66th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Oalo Barranco. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Maju Laurencio ran back to his position shaking his head. A collision led to Mercedes getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Clementi Ruperto hit a great ball. Maju Laurencio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Oalo Barranco made a huge save. In the 76th minute, Xantalen Claudio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Mercedes's Xacobo Viñales in the 80th minute got a chance for a shot 80th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Merinos's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xacobo Viñales in the 81st minute of play forced Merinos's goalkeeper Oalo Barranco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Oalo Barranco stood somewhat misplaced when Maju Laurencio came free in front of goal and shot 1-4 to the left of him in the 95 minute. Xacobo Viñales sent away a hard shot on goal in the 99th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Merinos fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Mercedes were clearly better and deserved to take the win.