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Estadio Libertad
Spectators: 7283 (Terracing: 5464, Seating: 1675, VIP seats: 144) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Remigio Lauaxeta took the kick off in the first half of the match. When the match clock showed 3 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Remigio Lauaxeta sped through Libertad AFC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Javier Vedillo. Javier Vedillo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Remigio Lauaxeta, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Javier Vedillo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Remigio Lauaxeta, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Ubaldo Dalmu succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-1 in the 16th playminute. In the 20th minute, Remigio Lauaxeta 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. Javier Vedillo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Menendo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Remigio Lauaxeta in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Javier Vedillo saved Libertad AFC from getting behind. If Humberto Ciceron had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 28th minute, Humberto Ciceron 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Remigio Lauaxeta in the 29th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Javier Vedillo saved Libertad AFC from getting behind. In the 31st match minute, Libertad AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Igor Nabar to maneuver through the defense. Remigio Lauaxeta struck a weak shot in the 33rd minute. Javier Vedillo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Manantiales. An unexpectedly hard shot by Humberto Ciceron in the 35th minute of play forced Libertad AFC's goalkeeper Javier Vedillo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 37th minute, Remigio Lauaxeta left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Manantiales fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Anacleto Ospetsu kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Manantiales's Remigio Lauaxeta got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomás Bastia to strike the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Libertad AFC's zone, Freddy Gelacio stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Javier Vedillo came out of the goal and Freddy Gelacio tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Freddy Gelacio came up free with the goalie in the 59th 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 Freddy Gelacio couldn't finish the play. In the 62nd minute of the match, Remigio Lauaxeta tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Javier Vedillo saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 65th minute, Remigio Lauaxeta reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Javier Vedillo. The goal made the score 1-4. Remigio Lauaxeta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Javier Vedillo having to interfere. Javier Vedillo was out of position in the 71 minute of play, and Remigio Lauaxeta capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Remigio Lauaxeta really showed his touch with that goal: 1-5. Javier Vedillo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Remigio Lauaxeta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Javier Vedillo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Joel Menendo showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-6 in the 80 minute of play. After 85 played minutes Manantiales got a freekick which was hit by Jimeno Venceslao. After having played for 87 minutes, Tomás Bastia managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Libertad AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomás Bastia was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Remigio Lauaxeta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Javier Vedillo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Remigio Lauaxeta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Javier Vedillo was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. Pedro Rafe didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tomás Bastia went, in the 97th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-7 was the resulting score. Manantiales played a much better game than Libertad AFC and deserved their victory. The Libertad AFC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.