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VOLCAN
Spectators: 6663 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1663, VIP seats: 0) Denis Hug started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 2nd minute, Alfonso Damario hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Cristo Fernandez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 12 minutes into the match, Ritchie's Cristo Fernandez sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nereo Mateo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Tobias Etxeberri's late challenge caught a Ritchie's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tobias Etxeberri helped the player get up and apologised. After 18 played minutes TIGRES got a freekick which was hit by Tobias Etxeberri. Ismael Milio succeeded in the game's 18th minute to get real power on a long shot . TIGRES's Nereo Mateo hadn't the time to block the shot which was pasted into the goal, 0-1! After 28 played minutes TIGRES got a freekick which was hit by Eliseo Cordarius. After 30 played minutes Ritchie got a freekick which was hit by Erasmo Fiz. If Cristo Fernandez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 36 minutes into the match, Herminio Hever notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of TIGRES's Nereo Mateo. Nereo Mateo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 39th match minute, TIGRES was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tobias Etxeberri to maneuver through the defense. In the 41st match minute, Ritchie was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Silvano Egun to maneuver through the defense. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cristo Fernandez to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristo Fernandez in the 52nd minute of play forced TIGRES's goalkeeper Nereo Mateo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Herminio Hever received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Nereo Mateo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Cristo Fernandez came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Ritchie 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 Cristo Fernandez couldn't finish the play. In the 59th match minute, TIGRES was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfonso Damario to maneuver through the defense. 60 minutes into the match, Ritchie's Cristo Fernandez sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nereo Mateo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Astor Sabino during the 62nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 64th minute there was a penalty for TIGRES. Alfonso Damario stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Rogelio Aballe. 1-2. Cristo Fernandez succeeded in the game's 69th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-3. Ritchie's Rogelio Aballe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luisito Lando in the 76th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Cristo Fernandez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nereo Mateo was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. The attack was good, but when Cristo Fernandez in the 81st minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Luisito Lando in the 83rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rogelio Aballe saved Ritchie from getting behind. In the 89th minute Cristo Fernandez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nereo Mateo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. TIGRES's Nereo Mateo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristo Fernandez in the 91st minute of play. After 92 played minutes TIGRES got a freekick which was hit by Denis Hug. Ritchie's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.