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National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Xavion Pestaña kicked off to start the match. The audience was convinced that Leonardo Anaya's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Xzavion Sando was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. When Dominican Republic's Leonardo Anaya in the 4th minute got a chance for a shot 4th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Paraguay's goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 5 minutes, Xavion Pestaña took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Arismendy Craddock to make any attempt to save it. Xzavion Sando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonardo Anaya in the 10th minute of the match. Xavion Pestaña could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Arismendy Craddock made a huge save. 23 minutes into the match, Dominican Republic's goal looked a bit too open when Xavion Pestaña came free, but Arismendy Craddock reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Maximiliano Macedo got a throw-in 27 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Gerardo Almeyda. 31 minutes into the match, Xavion Pestaña notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Dominican Republic's Arismendy Craddock. Arismendy Craddock was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Arismendy Craddock showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xavion Pestaña in the 42nd minute of the match. In the 42nd minute Xavion Pestaña shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arismendy Craddock saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 45 minutes into the match, Dominican Republic's goal looked a bit too open when Xavion Pestaña came free, but Arismendy Craddock reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Leonardo Anaya was the one to do the kick off. Arismendy Craddock showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xavion Pestaña, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Xavion Pestaña sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Dominican Republic's Arismendy Craddock played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xavion Pestaña in the 53rd minute of play. Paraguay's Xzavion Sando proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Paraguay from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Leonardo Anaya managed to get in a good position for a shot. Dominican Republic's supporters rose to their feet, but Leonardo Anaya was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Xzavion Sando breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Xzavion Sando took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonardo Anaya, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arismendy Craddock came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by Paraguay's Xavion Pestaña. But to his dismay, Xavion Pestaña quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Natanael Guillén managed to get in a good position for a shot. Dominican Republic's supporters rose to their feet, but Natanael Guillén was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Xzavion Sando breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 71 minutes into the match, Paraguay's Xavion Pestaña sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arismendy Craddock narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Paraguay's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ignado Faubelo in the 76th minute. A nice corner shot did that Ignado Faubelo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Arismendy Craddock quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The supporters of Paraguay booed when Dominican Republic was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gerardo Almeyda didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arismendy Craddock made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xavion Pestaña in the 78th minute of play. Arismendy Craddock showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xavion Pestaña, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Xzavion Sando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Porfirio Cazorla in the 86th minute of the match. 89 minutes into the game, Paraguay's Xavion Pestaña nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Arismendy Craddock made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. Dominican Republic made a substitution. Eduardo Mosquera replaced Dario Gamboa. Dominican Republic made a substitution. Paulo Cooper replaced Fabricio Cornejo. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Paraguay had won after a very even match.