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HITACHI STADIUM
Spectators: 7400 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1400, VIP seats: 0) Martinez Salabaste started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Paco Helguera might have been able to make a better finish in the 6th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Urritz Labarra. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Paco Helguera ran back to his position shaking his head. 12 minutes into the game, Vitor Queipo threw the ball into play from the sideline. AKATSUKIS FC's Alonzo Gallinal quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 15th minute, Juan Sobrado ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Urritz Labarra was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. If Paco Helguera had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience was convinced that Paco Helguera's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Urritz Labarra was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. When Juan Sobrado came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the AKATSUKIS FC 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 Juan Sobrado couldn't finish the play. Urritz Labarra made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Juan Sobrado sent off a good shot on target. After 27 minutes of play, AKATSUKIS FC's Juan Sobrado made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Urritz Labarra was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Harold Holsmuller in the 32nd minute of play forced Club De Cuervos's goalkeeper Urritz Labarra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juan Sobrado took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Urritz Labarra. Urritz Labarra dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Club De Cuervos's defense didn't have a chance, in the 38th minute, when Harold Holsmuller scored to the left of an out of position Urritz Labarra, making the score, 4-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Harold Holsmuller kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Urritz Labarra. That made the score 5-0 in the 44 minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 5-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Paco Helguera made the kick off in the second half. AKATSUKIS FC were awarded a corner in the 54th minute after Club De Cuervos's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Carcelén Dragranda took the corner. The corner led AKATSUKIS FC's Carcelén Dragranda to fire away a dangerous shot which Urritz Labarra despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Paco Helguera blasted a shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Urritz Labarra having to make a save. In the 57th minute, Juan Sobrado left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AKATSUKIS FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. 60 minutes into the game, Juan Sobrado cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-0. Urritz Labarra was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Urritz Labarra came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by AKATSUKIS FC's Juan Sobrado. But to his dismay, Juan Sobrado quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-0. Juan Sobrado struck a weak shot in the 67th minute. Urritz Labarra didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for AKATSUKIS FC. Club De Cuervos's Urritz Labarra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paco Helguera in the 69th minute of play. AKATSUKIS FC's Harold Holsmuller got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Urritz Labarra didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Paco Helguera went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 9-0 was the resulting score. Escobar Vicioso's late challenge caught a AKATSUKIS FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Escobar Vicioso helped the player get up and apologised. Escobar Vicioso hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Club De Cuervos's Urritz Labarra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juan Sobrado in the 86th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 89 minutes, Paco Helguera put it in 10-0 from a short distance just to the right of Urritz Labarra. Urritz Labarra stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Paco Helguera's shot from short distance in the 97th minute. There was no doubt that AKATSUKIS FC were the better team. AKATSUKIS FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.