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Arena Shohoku
Spectators: 7700 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1600, VIP seats: 100) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Adriel Ondegardo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Tamariz Saul showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xalvador Mac Kenney, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. 4 minutes into the game, Marcel Blanco cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Tamariz Saul was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tamariz Saul took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xacobo Barroso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Shohoku FC defense, Xalvador Mac Kenney kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tamariz Saul. The Shohoku FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tamariz Saul should have stopped the shot. A throw-in in the 18th minute of the game was made by Gerardo Gazitúa with Abdón Maeztu as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Tamariz Saul showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abdón Maeztu, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 21st minute, Abdón Maeztu made a precise shot to the right of Tamariz Saul. Shohoku FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. In the 24th minute Xacobo Barroso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tamariz Saul saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Shohoku FC's Tamariz Saul played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Atahan Hatemoğlu in the 25th minute of play. In the 25th minute, Xacobo Barroso ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tamariz Saul was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. 30 minutes into the game, VILLANUEVA FC's Atahan Hatemoğlu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tamariz Saul made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. 33 minutes into the match, Shohoku FC's goal looked a bit too open when Marcel Blanco came free, but Tamariz Saul reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 34th minute, Xacobo Barroso left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The VILLANUEVA FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. 37 minutes into the match, Xalvador Mac Kenney had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tamariz Saul. Shohoku FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Xalvador Mac Kenney was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-8. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xalvador Mac Kenney in the 41st minute of play forced Shohoku FC's goalkeeper Tamariz Saul to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 42 minutes into the game, Marcel Blanco cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-9. Tamariz Saul was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 45th minute Marcel Blanco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tamariz Saul saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-9.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Xalvador Mac Kenney was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Xalvador Mac Kenney reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Tamariz Saul. The goal made the score 0-10. In the 55th minute Abdón Maeztu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tamariz Saul saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 56th play minute Marcel Blanco came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Tamariz Saul. 0-11. After some careless play in the Shohoku FC defense, Xacobo Barroso kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tamariz Saul. The Shohoku FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tamariz Saul should have stopped the shot. In the 62nd minute Abdón Maeztu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tamariz Saul saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tamariz Saul showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xacobo Barroso, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. In the 65th minute, Xalvador Mac Kenney left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The VILLANUEVA FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-13. 69 minutes into the match, Shohoku FC's goal looked a bit too open when Xacobo Barroso came free, but Tamariz Saul reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Xalvador Mac Kenney could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Tamariz Saul made a huge save. Tamariz Saul didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 73rd minute, which inside left pole to 0-14. Shohoku FC's Tamariz Saul played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xacobo Barroso in the 76th minute of play. Tamariz Saul came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by VILLANUEVA FC's Atahan Hatemoğlu. But to his dismay, Atahan Hatemoğlu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-15. After 80 minutes of play, VILLANUEVA FC's Xacobo Barroso made it 0-16 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tamariz Saul was left in no man's land by his defense there! 83 minutes into the match, Xacobo Barroso had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tamariz Saul. Shohoku FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Xacobo Barroso was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-17. Tamariz Saul didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marcel Blanco went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-18 was the resulting score. In the 91st minute, Xacobo Barroso made a precise shot to the right of Tamariz Saul. Shohoku FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-19. The Shohoku FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. VILLANUEVA FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.