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ΠΑΛΟΚ ARENA
Spectators: 7685 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 2000, VIP seats: 185) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Enzo Valencia started the match with the kick off. After having played for 3 minutes, Marino Urrutia managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. El Pinar's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marino Urrutia was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. El Pinar's Ceferino Del Solar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save El Pinar from getting a goal against them. Marino Urrutia took the ball and in the 10 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Roy Naranjo. Roy Naranjo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 21 minutes into the game, Marino Urrutia cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Roy Naranjo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 25 minutes into the match, El Pinar's goal looked a bit too open when Eusebio Romo came free, but Ceferino Del Solar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Enzo Valencia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Ceferino Del Solar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Ceferino Del Solar managed to avoid a goal in the 30thth minute, when ΠΑΛΟΚ's Franklyn Castillo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 31 minutes into the game, Enzo Valencia lined in a short shot 1-2 behind a frustrated Ceferino Del Solar. El Pinar's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Enzo Valencia 35 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-2. After a defensive mix-up in ΠΑΛΟΚ's zone, Arthur Salinas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Roy Naranjo came out of the goal and Arthur Salinas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ceferino Del Solar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Enzo Valencia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ceferino Del Solar was a little too slow when Enzo Valencia got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 44th minute. The score was now 3-2. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-2 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Arthur Salinas made a kick off. Marino Urrutia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roy Naranjo having to interfere. Edinson Macías kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. After 55 minutes, Edinson Macías mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ΠΑΛΟΚ and the El Pinar players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, ΠΑΛΟΚ's Edinson Macías got a free kick in the 57th minute. When Máximo Méndez came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the El Pinar 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 Máximo Méndez couldn't finish the play. The supporters of El Pinar booed when ΠΑΛΟΚ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diego Robledo didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 66 minutes of play, ΠΑΛΟΚ's Franklyn Castillo made it 5-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ceferino Del Solar was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ceferino Del Solar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Franklyn Castillo in the 71st minute of play. A collision led to El Pinar getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Celestino Canellas hit a great ball. 78 minutes into the match, Enzo Valencia had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ceferino Del Solar. El Pinar's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Enzo Valencia was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-2. Franklyn Castillo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ceferino Del Solar read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 82nd minute of play. When ΠΑΛΟΚ's Franklyn Castillo in the 84th minute got a chance for a shot 84th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye El Pinar's goalie prevented a goal. Ceferino Del Solar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Franklyn Castillo, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. There was no doubt that ΠΑΛΟΚ were the better team. ΠΑΛΟΚ's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.