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Daniel Bertoni
Spectators: 6713 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 1) Fassi FC's Israel Beltxe 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. Americo Joey charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Americo Joey the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 4th minute, Americo Joey hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 14 minutes, Felix Orland managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ClubAtléticoIndependiente's supporters crossed their fingers, but Felix Orland was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 16th minute Dario Venceslao shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matias Bazkoare saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Victorino Socorro during the 17th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 17th match minute, ClubAtléticoIndependiente was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Victorino Socorro to maneuver through the defense. Matias Bazkoare showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Israel Beltxe in the 20th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dario Venceslao in the 24th minute of play forced ClubAtléticoIndependiente's goalkeeper Matias Bazkoare to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Matias Bazkoare took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erasmo Torres, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Dario Venceslao had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dario Venceslao fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Matias Bazkoare having to interfere. After a rather tough play, ClubAtléticoIndependiente's Paolo Pirro got a free kick in the 37th minute. 41 minutes into the match, ClubAtléticoIndependiente's goal looked a bit too open when Dario Venceslao came free, but Matias Bazkoare reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 43 minutes into the match, ClubAtléticoIndependiente's goal looked a bit too open when Erasmo Torres came free, but Matias Bazkoare reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teo Berriotxoa in the 47th minute of play forced ClubAtléticoIndependiente's goalkeeper Matias Bazkoare to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Felix Orland was the one to do the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Gustavo Cresitobalo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Fassi FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Gustavo Cresitobalo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Matias Bazkoare breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Matias Bazkoare showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Israel Beltxe in the 56th minute of the match. In the 59th minute, Dario Venceslao ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Matias Bazkoare was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. After a defensive mix-up in ClubAtléticoIndependiente's zone, Israel Beltxe stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Matias Bazkoare came out of the goal and Israel Beltxe tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Aquiles Soin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Orland in the 65th minute of play. In the 68th minute of the match Mateo Blasco sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Matias Bazkoare skillfully saved the ball. Matias Bazkoare made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Israel Beltxe in the 69th minute of play. 76 minutes into the match, ClubAtléticoIndependiente's goal looked a bit too open when Israel Beltxe came free, but Matias Bazkoare reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 77 minutes of play ClubAtléticoIndependiente's Americo Joey was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Americo Joey kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. In the 81st minute, Dario Venceslao ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Matias Bazkoare was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. After 84 minutes of play, Fassi FC's Dario Venceslao made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Matias Bazkoare was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dario Venceslao sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dario Venceslao's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Matias Bazkoare read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 91st minute of play. Gustavo Cresitobalo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Matias Bazkoare tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Dario Venceslao came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Fassi FC 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 Dario Venceslao couldn't finish the play. When the match was over Fassi FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ClubAtléticoIndependiente throughout the match.