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LA BRANCANERA
Spectators: 7848 (Terracing: 5858, Seating: 1830, VIP seats: 160) Apocalípticos & Caóticos's Herbert Henskens started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Jesus Hechter made in the 8th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Edelmiro Taurino. In the 10th minute Herbert Henskens shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aras Sophian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aras Sophian showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edelmiro Taurino in the 11th minute of the match. 14 minutes into the match, El Branca del Vieja's goal looked a bit too open when Herbert Henskens came free, but Aras Sophian reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Herbert Henskens in the 14th minute of play forced El Branca del Vieja's goalkeeper Aras Sophian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edelmiro Taurino in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aras Sophian saved El Branca del Vieja from getting behind. Aras Sophian took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Herbert Henskens, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A sloppy throw-in by Leandro Hanot in the 22nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by El Branca del Vieja's Lu Ping Wei. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edelmiro Taurino in the 28th minute of play forced El Branca del Vieja's goalkeeper Aras Sophian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aras Sophian showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edelmiro Taurino, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Arnaldo Isias kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Leonel Cordara in the 39th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Erasmo Loi saved Apocalípticos & Caóticos from getting behind. Leonel Cordara blasted a shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Erasmo Loi having to make a save. Erasmo Loi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonel Cordara in the 44th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edelmiro Taurino in the 47th minute of play forced El Branca del Vieja's goalkeeper Aras Sophian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Leonel Cordara might have been able to make a better finish in the 51st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Erasmo Loi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Leonel Cordara ran back to his position shaking his head. Erasmo Loi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonel Cordara in the 51st minute of play. In the 58th minute Leonel Cordara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erasmo Loi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Erasmo Loi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonel Cordara in the 62nd minute of the match. Apocalípticos & Caóticos's Cosme Austin was substituted for Leandro Hanot. 65 minutes had been played when some careless play by Apocalípticos & Caóticos's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Florentino Herauso was slow to take the kick. During this time El Branca del Vieja's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on El Branca del Vieja's corner Benê Neiva fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Erasmo Loi quite easily take care of the ball. Ma Guo Jian kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. El Branca del Vieja's Leon Napierkowski was substituted for Benê Neiva. After 70 played minutes Apocalípticos & Caóticos got a freekick which was hit by Ma Guo Jian. 75 minutes into the match, El Branca del Vieja's goal looked a bit too open when Edelmiro Taurino came free, but Aras Sophian reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With an all-out effort, Apocalípticos & Caóticos's Aras Sophian threw himself towards the right post 77 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Herbert Henskens, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 79 minutes into the match, El Branca del Vieja's goal looked a bit too open when Fernando Gamus came free, but Aras Sophian reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Silverio Tuste's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erasmo Loi was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. In the 87th minute of the match El Branca del Vieja got a corner. Apocalípticos & Caóticos's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Florentino Herauso ran over to the corner to take the kick. El Branca del Vieja's Florentino Herauso was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Erasmo Loi in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Erasmo Loi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silverio Tuste in the 88th minute of play. After a rather tough play, El Branca del Vieja's Osvaldo Pabla got a free kick in the 93rd minute. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind El Branca del Vieja's goalkeeper Aras Sophian, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fernando Gamus got free with Aras Sophian in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Apocalípticos & Caóticos were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.