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CARDIGAN STADIUM
Spectators: 7546 (Terracing: 5691, Seating: 1745, VIP seats: 110) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gaudencio Perez started the match with the kick off. Baltasar Sendoa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 2nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ionel Cândea having to interfere. Fidel Hulberto kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. Kjell-Arne Ivarsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Ionel Cândea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Baltasar Sendoa got free with Ionel Cândea in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to river FC getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Ellie Tobing hit a great ball. 11 minutes into the match, river FC's goalkeeper Ionel Cândea had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Baltasar Sendoa. After a rather tough play, Team Swiftie FC's Fidel Hulberto got a free kick in the 13th minute. Team Swiftie FC's Joel Macario played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernan Henry in the 14th minute of play. 15 minutes into the match, river FC's goalkeeper Ionel Cândea had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Baltasar Sendoa. In the 16th minute, river FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Baltasar Sendoa fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 17th match minute, river FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fernan Henry to maneuver through the defense. Ionel Cândea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kjell-Arne Ivarsson in the 20th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Fernan Henry in the 23rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Joel Macario prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a rather tough play, river FC's Candido Celipe got a free kick in the 25th minute. Baltasar Sendoa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 35th match minute, Team Swiftie FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Baltasar Sendoa to maneuver through the defense. In the 40thth minute of the game Gaudencio Perez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Team Swiftie FC's Joel Macario was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Team Swiftie FC getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Kjell-Arne Ivarsson hit a great ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Baltasar Sendoa to make the kick off. Ionel Cândea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baltasar Sendoa in the 54th minute of play. A throw-in in the 56th minute of the game was made by Azeari Monzon with Alberto Iyan as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Maximo Jaunzuria hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Joel Macario acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 61st minute, took the ball on the long shot from David Vistruario. Ionel Cândea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicolas Bembe in the 65th minute of the match. Kjell-Arne Ivarsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ionel Cândea stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kjell-Arne Ivarsson's shot from short distance in the 73rd minute. After a defensive mix-up in river FC's zone, Baltasar Sendoa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ionel Cândea came out of the goal and Baltasar Sendoa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 75th match minute, river FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Azeari Monzon to maneuver through the defense. Joel Macario made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gaudencio Perez in the 79th minute of play. In the 80th minute Baltasar Sendoa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ionel Cândea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the river FC defense, Baltasar Sendoa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ionel Cândea. The river FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ionel Cândea should have stopped the shot. Joel Macario made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gaudencio Perez in the 83rd minute of play. Joel Macario took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nestor Hanot, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 89 minutes Team Swiftie FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was David Vistruario who took care of the corner kick. 1-1 became the score in the 93rd minute when Gaudencio Perez elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.