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Estadio San Paolo
Spectators: 7280 (Terracing: 5462, Seating: 1674, VIP seats: 144) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Veto Riero made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th minute, Dennis Mayoral left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Platanales fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The audience was convinced that Veto Riero's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Xandro Thomas was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. Ximen Garay received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Valery Aledo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Ximen Garay had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Veto Riero received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Xandro Thomas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 26 played minutes S.S.C. Napoli got a freekick which was hit by Octavio Lobera. Platanales's Valery Aledo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Platanales from getting a goal against them. In the 32nd minute Octavio Lobera shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valery Aledo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Escobar Garaizar fell near the penalty area in the 32nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Platanales's protests and gave Escobar Garaizar a yellow card for diving instead. Xandro Thomas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Veto Riero in the 34th minute of the match. Walme Masana's late challenge caught a Platanales's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Walme Masana helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, S.S.C. Napoli's Walme Masana got a free kick in the 35th minute. In the 39th match minute, Platanales was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roldan Matos to maneuver through the defense. 41 minutes into the match, Platanales's goalkeeper Valery Aledo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ximen Garay. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dennis Mayoral in the 43rd minute of play forced S.S.C. Napoli's goalkeeper Xandro Thomas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Octavio Lobera to strike the kick off in the second half. Valery Aledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Octavio Lobera, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. S.S.C. Napoli's Xandro Thomas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save S.S.C. Napoli from getting a goal against them. Dennis Mayoral scored 0-2 in the 59th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Xandro Thomas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Roldan Matos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dennis Mayoral got free with Xandro Thomas in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Xandro Thomas made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Dennis Mayoral sent off a good shot on target. In the 83rd minute Veto Riero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xandro Thomas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dennis Mayoral fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xandro Thomas having to interfere. The long shot by Evelio Agudo in the 89th minute really tested Xandro Thomas's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Octavio Lobera fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Valery Aledo having to interfere. The Platanales supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Platanales would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.