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Estadio Concordia
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Domiku Navia made the kick off which started today's match. Domiku Navia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Edson Aranzabal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Papo Arrate hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Galtero Pedrais received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Rodrigo Saldivar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Edson Aranzabal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Domiku Navia went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 22 minutes into the game, Merinos's Baiardo Vilanova nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Edson Aranzabal made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lehen Gibaja in the 31st minute of play forced Merinos's goalkeeper Rodrigo Saldivar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Galtero Pedrais got free with Rodrigo Saldivar in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Concordia's Edson Aranzabal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Baiardo Vilanova in the 34th minute of play. Isaac Almazan's late challenge caught a Concordia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Isaac Almazan helped the player get up and apologised. Isaac Almazan hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Merinos's Rodrigo Saldivar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lehen Gibaja in the 46th minute of play. In the 47th minute, Salvino Constante hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lehen Gibaja in the 49th minute of play forced Merinos's goalkeeper Rodrigo Saldivar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Concordia players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Merinos were winning 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Lehen Gibaja was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Stephen Donis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Baiardo Vilanova might have been able to make a better finish in the 54th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Edson Aranzabal. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Baiardo Vilanova ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 56th minute, Merinos's Hustaz Revillas ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Edson Aranzabal. Edson Aranzabal yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. In the 65th minute, Domiku Navia 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. Rodrigo Saldivar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lehen Gibaja, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Lehen Gibaja received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Rodrigo Saldivar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Baiardo Vilanova received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Edson Aranzabal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 78 minutes, Domiku Navia managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Merinos's supporters crossed their fingers, but Domiku Navia was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Rodrigo Saldivar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Galtero Pedrais, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Domiku Navia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edson Aranzabal having to interfere. With a little luck, Concordia's Edson Aranzabal got control of the ball when Domiku Navia tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the final whistle sounded Merinos left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Concordia.