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Monumental del Pode
Spectators: 7478 (Terracing: 5610, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Karl-Ove Karlstedt took the kick off in the first half of the match. Gabriel Matai made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulo Renato Fantini in the 5th minute of play. In the 6th minute, Fulgencio Sasoin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Enzo Fernandez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Gabriel Matai tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 10 minutes, Paulo Renato Fantini made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. El Pode FC's Gabriel Matai tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Santos Piorno did an outstanding performance 14 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 0-2 to the right of an irritated Gabriel Matai in the goal. 22 minutes into the match, El Pode FC's goal looked a bit too open when Paulo Renato Fantini came free, but Gabriel Matai reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, El Pode FC's goal looked a bit too open when Guaberto Firme came free, but Gabriel Matai reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 27th minute Paulo Renato Fantini shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gabriel Matai saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in El Pode FC's zone, Enzo Fernandez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gabriel Matai came out of the goal and Enzo Fernandez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 32 minutes into the match, Paulo Renato Fantini had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gabriel Matai. El Pode FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Paulo Renato Fantini was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Gabriel Matai didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Damian Bădiță went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Gabriel Matai came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by La Mancha's Damian Bădiță. But to his dismay, Damian Bădiță quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. After the first half La Mancha were leading 0-6. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Paulo Renato Fantini was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damian Bădiță in the 56th minute of play forced El Pode FC's goalkeeper Gabriel Matai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gabriel Matai took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damian Bădiță, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Damian Bădiță took the ball and in the 57 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gabriel Matai. Gabriel Matai dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-8. After a rather tough play, La Mancha's Maximiliano Figueroa got a free kick in the 61st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damian Bădiță in the 63rd minute of play forced El Pode FC's goalkeeper Gabriel Matai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juliusz Czerny could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Gabriel Matai made a huge save. El Pode FC's Gabriel Matai proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save El Pode FC from getting a goal against them. In the 66th minute Damian Bădiță shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gabriel Matai saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, El Pode FC's Gabriel Matai got control of the ball when Paulo Renato Fantini tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Damian Bădiță put it in 0-9 from a short distance just to the right of Gabriel Matai. La Mancha's Guaberto Firme got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 74 played minutes Damian Bădiță rounded El Pode FC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-10. In the 77th minute, La Mancha's Damian Bădiță dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-11. 80 minutes into the match, El Pode FC's goal looked a bit too open when Enzo Fernandez came free, but Gabriel Matai reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 81st minute, Damian Bădiță left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The La Mancha fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-12. In the 85th minute, Damian Bădiță reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gabriel Matai. The goal made the score 0-13. Victoriano Misael received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Jimeno Martxelin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Paulo Renato Fantini took the ball and in the 95 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gabriel Matai. Gabriel Matai dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-14. When the match was over La Mancha could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than El Pode FC throughout the match.