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Piragua
Spectators: 6730 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jacinto Castaneda kicked off to start the match. Piragua FC's Txerran Beyzania played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stanislao Llanos in the 3rd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, Rufo Bon managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tabera's supporters rose to their feet, but Rufo Bon was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Txerran Beyzania breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 12 minutes into the game, Dayam Lopes was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Piragua FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tabera the free kick. Txerran Beyzania showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rufo Bon in the 13th minute of the match. In the 16th minute Jacinto Castaneda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erruki Miravalles saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Txatxu Lluberas did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Erruki Miravalles 17 minutes into the match. Jacinto Castaneda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Erruki Miravalles tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Stanislao Llanos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Erruki Miravalles made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jacinto Castaneda in the 27th minute of play. After 29 minutes, Santikurtz Periceira mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tabera and the Piragua FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 29th minute, Santikurtz Periceira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 36 minutes of play, Tabera's Stanislao Llanos made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Txerran Beyzania was left in no man's land by his defense there! Erruki Miravalles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacinto Castaneda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 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 Stanislao Llanos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, Rufo Bon managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tabera's supporters rose to their feet, but Rufo Bon was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Txerran Beyzania breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Rufo Bon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Txatxu Lluberas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 58th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Erruki Miravalles made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jacinto Castaneda in the 59th minute of play. When Jacinto Castaneda came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Piragua FC 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 Jacinto Castaneda couldn't finish the play. Stanislao Llanos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Txerran Beyzania tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rufo Bon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 72 minutes into the match, Tabera's Stanislao Llanos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Txerran Beyzania narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Beltza Chavarria kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. Txatxu Lluberas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rufo Bon took the ball and in the 86 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Txerran Beyzania. Txerran Beyzania dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. 94 minutes into the game, Txatxu Lluberas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Erruki Miravalles was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. For all the effort they put into the match, the Tabera players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Piragua FC.