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Spectators: 7956 (Terracing: 6013, Seating: 1843, VIP seats: 100) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Mauro Baptista made the kick off which started today's match. 6 minutes into the match, Motagua's goal looked a bit too open when Ricardo Orozco came free, but Manuel Alfaro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ricardo Orozco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Manuel Alfaro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Motagua's zone, Josue Serrano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Manuel Alfaro came out of the goal and Josue Serrano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Agustin Pinho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 13th minute Agustin Pinho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manuel Alfaro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agustin Pinho in the 14th minute of play forced Motagua's goalkeeper Manuel Alfaro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ateos Unidos were awarded a corner in the 22th minute after Motagua's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sarbelio Lara took the corner. Ateos Unidos's Sarbelio Lara was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Manuel Alfaro in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Agustin Pinho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manuel Alfaro having to interfere. If Ricardo Orozco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Eraldo Díaz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Mauro Baptista had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Manuel Alfaro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ricardo Orozco, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. If Mauro Baptista had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Agustin Pinho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Ricardo Orozco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manuel Alfaro was relentless in the 48th minute of the game. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The wind increased when Ricardo Orozco made the kick off in the second half. Agustin Pinho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manuel Alfaro having to interfere. Ricardo Orozco was extremely unlucky when he, in the 61st minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Josue Serrano's late challenge caught a Motagua's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Josue Serrano helped the player get up and apologised. Josue Serrano hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Jorge Meza kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Jhalmar Bermudez charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jhalmar Bermudez the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Alonso Rosales hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Agustin Pinho kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 81stth minute. Though ot was a great shot Motagua's keeper Manuel Alfaro was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. Manuel Alfaro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ricardo Orozco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Orlando Ulloa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Motagua's supporters rose to their feet, but Orlando Ulloa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Josue Nunes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 95th minute, Ateos Unidos's Ricardo Orozco ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Manuel Alfaro. Manuel Alfaro yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-2. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Ateos Unidos had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.