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ESTUARIO ST
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) Leif Törnqvist started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 5 minutes into the match, CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ's goal looked a bit too open when Leif Törnqvist came free, but Astor Natanael reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 6 minutes, Isak Malm mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ and the North of California players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of North of California booed when CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Isak Malm didn't get a good kick on the ball. Astor Natanael made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leandro Chorche in the 7th minute of play. 15 minutes into the match, CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ's goal looked a bit too open when Leandro Chorche came free, but Astor Natanael reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When North of California's Leif Törnqvist in the 18th minute got a chance for a shot 18th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ's goalie prevented a goal. In the 19th minute, Antonio Guillelme made a precise shot to the right of Astor Natanael. CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 24th minute Leif Törnqvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Astor Natanael saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Astor Natanael took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leif Törnqvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Astor Natanael showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antonio Guillelme in the 28th minute of the match. In the 29th match minute, CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Matias Pereyra to maneuver through the defense. North of California's David Schembri proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save North of California from getting a goal against them. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by North of California's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Eduardo Rodrigues was slow to take the kick. During this time CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Luciano Celino managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ's Astor Natanael played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leif Törnqvist in the 38th minute of play. Antonio Guillelme scored 0-2 in the 40th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Astor Natanael, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 45 played minutes CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ got a freekick which was hit by Matias Pereyra. In the 48th minute, Isak Malm hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Serafin Ilazki came up free with the goalie in the 48th minute, the North of California 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 Serafin Ilazki couldn't finish the play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

In the 52nd match minute, North of California was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lin Ting Hong to maneuver through the defense. 54 minutes into the match, CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ's goal looked a bit too open when Leif Törnqvist came free, but Astor Natanael reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Astor Natanael showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leif Törnqvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Astor Natanael showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antonio Guillelme in the 60th minute of the match. Astor Natanael made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antonio Guillelme in the 62nd minute of play. The supporters of North of California booed when CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Damaso Panfilo didn't get a good kick on the ball. CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ's Astor Natanael played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antonio Guillelme in the 68th minute of play. After 69 minutes of play, North of California's Antonio Guillelme made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Astor Natanael was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Rolando Hustaz in the 73rd minute of play forced North of California's goalkeeper David Schembri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Astor Natanael took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antonio Guillelme, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. David Schembri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rolando Hustaz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rolando Hustaz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Schembri having to interfere. Astor Natanael made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Gervasio Isias sent off a good shot on target. Leif Törnqvist could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Astor Natanael made a huge save. 85 minutes into the match, CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ's goal looked a bit too open when Antonio Guillelme came free, but Astor Natanael reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ's goal looked a bit too open when Antonio Guillelme came free, but Astor Natanael reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 88 minutes into the match, CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ's goalkeeper Astor Natanael had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gervasio Isias. 90 minutes into the match, CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ's goal looked a bit too open when Leif Törnqvist came free, but Astor Natanael reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leif Törnqvist in the 92nd minute of play forced CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ's goalkeeper Astor Natanael to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 96 minutes into the game, Antonio Guillelme cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Astor Natanael was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ made a substitution. Gabriel Batistuta replaced Eduardo Rodrigues. When the final whistle sounded North of California left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ.