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Spectators: 9234 (Terracing: 6927, Seating: 2124, VIP seats: 183) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Stacey Banning started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute Stacey Banning shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yoel Quevedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. River tu grato nombre's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Stacey Banning in the 5th minute. The corner ended in John Presley almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Recolta Alamor's Yoel Quevedo did a great save. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind Recolta Alamor's goalkeeper Yoel Quevedo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 15th minute Stacey Banning shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yoel Quevedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Recolta Alamor's Yoel Quevedo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stacey Banning in the 20th minute of play. Stacey Banning's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 22ndth minute, Yoel Quevedo skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After having played for 26 minutes, Stacey Banning managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. River tu grato nombre's supporters crossed their fingers, but Stacey Banning was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Eulalio Francesco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chris Bateman in the 28th minute of play. Stacey Banning might have been able to make a better finish in the 30th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Yoel Quevedo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Stacey Banning ran back to his position shaking his head. Yoel Quevedo made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Stacey Banning sent off a good shot on target. In the 33rd match minute, Recolta Alamor was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Norman Donnelly to maneuver through the defense. Eulalio Francesco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chris Bateman in the 36th minute of play. Garaona Aranguiz made in the 38th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Recolta Alamor's Brandon Newby. In the 40th minute, Porter Mansfield hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. River tu grato nombre were furious when Mihran Sarkisyan was red carded, 41 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. River tu grato nombre made a substitution. Arkhyp Polyanskyi replaced 董烨邦. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Chris Bateman stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Eulalio Francesco made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Chris Bateman sent off a good shot on target. Brandon Newby charged in rather forcefully in the 57th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Brandon Newby the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 57th match minute, Recolta Alamor was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Brandon Newby to maneuver through the defense. Porter Mansfield kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. In the 61st minute, Stacey Banning 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Norman Donnelly in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eulalio Francesco saved River tu grato nombre from getting behind. Wes Nichols sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Recolta Alamor made a substitution. Jerrod Dickinson replaced Damian Dean. Stacey Banning took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Yoel Quevedo. Yoel Quevedo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Recolta Alamor's Phil Riggs was substituted for Chris Bateman. Recolta Alamor's Luciano Cronshagen was substituted for Norman Donnelly. Felix Wedemeyer made in the 83rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Recolta Alamor's Brandon Newby. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luciano Cronshagen in the 88th minute of play forced River tu grato nombre's goalkeeper Eulalio Francesco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eulalio Francesco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luciano Cronshagen in the 91st minute of play.