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Saguión
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Leopoldo Napier got the match started through his kick off. Zacarias Ermano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cecilio Txaran having to interfere. 11 minutes into the match, Saguión AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Moises Abaunza came free, but Victor Lartaun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 12 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Diablos Rojos! Victor Lartaun showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Moises Abaunza, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. After 22 played minutes Diablos Rojos got a freekick which was hit by Leopoldo Napier. Leopoldo Napier took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Victor Lartaun. Victor Lartaun dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Cecilio Txaran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Angel Barbosa in the 34th minute of the match. 40 minutes into the game, one of Saguión AFC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Victor Lartaun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leopoldo Napier, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zacarias Ermano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Angel Barbosa to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52ndth minute of the game Leopoldo Napier who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Saguión AFC's Victor Lartaun was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Saguión AFC getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Nicolas Polentzi hit a great ball. Moises Abaunza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 59th minute, Leopoldo Napier left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Diablos Rojos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Leopoldo Napier sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Leopoldo Napier sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 69th minute, Zacarias Ermano got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Diablos Rojos's Moises Abaunza got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Nicolas Polentzi fell near the penalty area in the 75th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Saguión AFC's protests and gave Nicolas Polentzi a yellow card for diving instead. After 75 played minutes Saguión AFC got a freekick which was hit by Nicolas Polentzi. If Angel Barbosa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Angel Barbosa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Saguión AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Angel Barbosa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cecilio Txaran breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Cecilio Txaran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Angel Barbosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. After some careless play in the Saguión AFC defense, Moises Abaunza kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Victor Lartaun. The Saguión AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Victor Lartaun should have stopped the shot. Diablos Rojos's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.