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Alvin Laliberté
Spectators: 9225 (Terracing: 6920, Seating: 2122, VIP seats: 183) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 魏竞博 started the match with the kick off. 8 minutes into the match, NCA Defensor Mercenario's goalkeeper Ofelio Bermejo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lucas Sterling. After a rather tough play, NCA Defensor Mercenario's Steven Angostina got a free kick in the 9th minute. Ofelio Bermejo made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when 魏竞博 sent off a good shot on target. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by NCA Defensor Mercenario's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fortunato Leciana was slow to take the kick. During this time Real Marabino's players had a chance to rest. In the 14th minute, NCA Defensor Mercenario's Alberto Larrimbe seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Alberto Larrimbe the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of NCA Defensor Mercenario protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Alberto Larrimbe had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. 14 minutes into the game, one of NCA Defensor Mercenario:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 16 minutes, Real Marabino's Fortunato Leciana got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Ofelio Bermejo. In the 19th minute Todor Hostar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dime La Rocca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ofelio Bermejo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucas Sterling, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Real Marabino getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Spike Broich hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Jari 龙铮铮 kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ofelio Bermejo. That made the score 2-1 in the 28 minute of play. Dime La Rocca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Todor Hostar in the 31st minute of the match. Guido Dameda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dime La Rocca having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Todor Hostar in the 37th minute of play forced Real Marabino's goalkeeper Dime La Rocca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 41 minutes into the match, NCA Defensor Mercenario's goal looked a bit too open when Lucas Sterling came free, but Ofelio Bermejo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ofelio Bermejo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 魏竞博 in the 44th minute of play. If Todor Hostar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Todor Hostar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Guido Dameda got free with Dime La Rocca in the 50th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. NCA Defensor Mercenario were awarded a corner in the 51th minute after Real Marabino's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Osoro Otero took the corner. In the 53rd minute of the match NCA Defensor Mercenario got a corner. Real Marabino's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Osoro Otero ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Osoro Otero almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Real Marabino's Dime La Rocca did a great save. Ofelio Bermejo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Babak Haaeman in the 55th minute of play. 59 minutes into the match, 魏竞博 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ofelio Bermejo. NCA Defensor Mercenario's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 魏竞博 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. 63 minutes into the match, NCA Defensor Mercenario's goal looked a bit too open when 魏竞博 came free, but Ofelio Bermejo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 65th minute, Todor Hostar made a precise shot to the right of Dime La Rocca. Real Marabino's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. NCA Defensor Mercenario made a substitution. Jokin Cabuerniga replaced Jairo Torralbo. NCA Defensor Mercenario made a substitution. Belasko Fueyo replaced Osoro Otero. Ofelio Bermejo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 魏竞博, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Babak Haaeman in the 78th minute of play forced NCA Defensor Mercenario's goalkeeper Ofelio Bermejo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 80th minute Lucas Sterling shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ofelio Bermejo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. NCA Defensor Mercenario's Steven Angostina got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Babak Haaeman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Ofelio Bermejo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ofelio Bermejo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 邱荣远, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 88th minute, Babak Haaeman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ofelio Bermejo was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-2. There was no doubt that Real Marabino were the better team. Real Marabino's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.