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Estadio Manantiales
Spectators: 7098 (Terracing: 5356, Seating: 1642, VIP seats: 100) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Benicio Mannie started the match with the kick off. Severiano Calisto hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Manantiales defense, Benicio Mannie kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Emilio Torres. The Manantiales fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Emilio Torres should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Manantiales's Isaac Oalo got a free kick in the 7th minute. When La banda River Plate's Benicio Mannie in the 9th minute got a chance for a shot 9th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Manantiales's goalie prevented a goal. In the 10th minute, Pedro Nalo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Benicio Mannie in the 11th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Emilio Torres prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Emilio Torres didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when La banda River Plate's Benicio Mannie shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. After 21 played minutes La banda River Plate got a freekick which was hit by Silvano Eguzki. After some fancy dribbling in the 24th minute, Benicio Mannie managed to get in a good position for a shot. La banda River Plate's supporters rose to their feet, but Benicio Mannie was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Emilio Torres breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 26thth minute of the game Benicio Mannie who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Manantiales's Emilio Torres was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Manantiales's Isaac Oalo got a free kick in the 27th minute. Emilio Torres didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Benicio Mannie went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. La banda River Plate's Lorenzo Dalmau got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Benicio Mannie spun around in front of the goal 40 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Manantiales's goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Angelino Gau in the 43rd minute of play forced La banda River Plate's goalkeeper Ladislao Gil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Gustavo Estevez came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Manantiales 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 Gustavo Estevez couldn't finish the play. After having played for 47 minutes, Angelino Gau managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Manantiales's supporters crossed their fingers, but Angelino Gau was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Angelino Gau to make the kick off. 54 minutes into the game, Angelino Gau cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Ladislao Gil was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, La banda River Plate's Mauricio Jeraldo got a free kick in the 57th minute. In the 64th match minute, La banda River Plate was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lorenzo Dalmau to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Benicio Mannie's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emilio Torres was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Ladislao Gil didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pedro Nalo went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Angelino Gau hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. 85 minutes into the game, Pedro Nalo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Manantiales's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave La banda River Plate the free kick. After 85 played minutes Manantiales got a freekick which was hit by Pedro Nalo. La banda River Plate's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.