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Thomas Arroqui
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alejandro Firmo got the match started through his kick off. El Real San Francis FC's Wojciech Janiczek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alejandro Firmo in the 10th minute of play. After having played for 14 minutes, Odín Maralla managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. El Real San Francis FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Odín Maralla was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Touzani FC's Cícero Toledo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Touzani FC from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Paulino Txaran in the 19th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cícero Toledo saved Touzani FC from getting behind. Alejandro Firmo took the ball and in the 22 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Wojciech Janiczek. Wojciech Janiczek dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Cícero Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulino Txaran, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Gary Bartram hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Cícero Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulino Txaran, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Marcelo Beila's late challenge caught a El Real San Francis FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marcelo Beila helped the player get up and apologised. In the 34th minute, Marcelo Beila hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paulino Txaran received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Cícero Toledo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 40th minute Paulino Txaran shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cícero Toledo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cícero Toledo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulino Txaran in the 45th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Paulino Txaran stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 50th play minutes Odín Maralla shot 1-1, a short shot which went by Cícero Toledo and just under the crossbar into goal. The supporters of Touzani FC booed when El Real San Francis FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sebastian Domiku didn't get a good kick on the ball. 56 minutes into the match, Touzani FC's goal looked a bit too open when Odín Maralla came free, but Cícero Toledo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lech Dabrowski might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cícero Toledo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lech Dabrowski ran back to his position shaking his head. Julio Soin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Wojciech Janiczek made a huge save. In the 64th minute, Odín Maralla left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The El Real San Francis FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. 70 minutes into the match, Odín Maralla had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cícero Toledo. Touzani FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Odín Maralla was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. In the 75th minute Odín Maralla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cícero Toledo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 79 minutes, Amado Guerrero mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Touzani FC and the El Real San Francis FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Touzani FC getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Amado Guerrero hit a great ball. Cícero Toledo came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by El Real San Francis FC's Paulino Txaran. But to his dismay, Paulino Txaran quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Odín Maralla in the 84th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cícero Toledo saved Touzani FC from getting behind. Cícero Toledo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Odín Maralla's shot from short distance in the 85th minute. The audience was convinced that Odín Maralla's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cícero Toledo was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. Cícero Toledo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Odín Maralla's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. When the referee ended the match the El Real San Francis FC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.