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Spectators: 8076 (Terracing: 6059, Seating: 1857, VIP seats: 160) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Venancio Salvino started the match with the kick off. Bennvar Noobel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Venancio Salvino in the 6th minute of the match. Nikos Sarkanis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santiago Abreu in the 8th minute of play. After a rather tough play, ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's Zhuo Guang Xing got a free kick in the 14th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Venancio Salvino in the 16th minute of play forced Celestiales's goalkeeper Bennvar Noobel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 20 minutes into the match, ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's goalkeeper Nikos Sarkanis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Santiago Abreu. ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's Nikos Sarkanis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santiago Abreu in the 27th minute of play. 27 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Celestiales's Santiago Abreu fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Guillermo Erosa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Santiago Abreu blasted a shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nikos Sarkanis having to make a save. Nikos Sarkanis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Santiago Abreu in the 37th minute. The throw-in from Froilan Diaz in the 39th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Celestiales's Jose Bero. 46 minutes into the match, Venancio Salvino had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bennvar Noobel. Celestiales's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Venancio Salvino was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Celestiales made a substitution. Evandro Maranhense replaced Luisito Tiniebra. Bennvar Noobel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Venancio Salvino in the 60th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Venancio Salvino's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bennvar Noobel was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. If Santiago Abreu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 67th minute Santiago Abreu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikos Sarkanis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Celestiales's Bennvar Noobel got control of the ball when Guillermo Erosa tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 73rd minute, Venancio Salvino 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. ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ made a substitution. Damaso Cordero replaced Wen Qing Bo. The supporters of ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ booed when Celestiales was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Shi Sha Quan didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Venancio Salvino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 83 minutes into the game, Venancio Salvino recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Bennvar Noobel. Venancio Salvino showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-3. 86 minutes into the game, ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's Venancio Salvino nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bennvar Noobel made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Venancio Salvino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Bennvar Noobel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match clock showed 92 minutes, the score became 1-4 when Eustaquio Eudoxio sped through ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Nikos Sarkanis. Damaso Cordero scored 1-5 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bennvar Noobel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Celestiales supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ's performance. The match ended with a win for ㄩ几ᗪ乇尺Ꮆ尺ㄖㄩ几ᗪ.