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BadSheep Arena
Spectators: 7272 (Terracing: 5456, Seating: 1672, VIP seats: 144) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Anangonó Baldes kicked off to start the match. With a little luck, UD Curin's Gustavo Tigero got control of the ball when Pablo Guceño tried to sneak it across the goal line. Marco Alcalde showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anangonó Baldes, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. 13 minutes into the match, UD Curin's goalkeeper Gustavo Tigero had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pablo Guceño. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by UD Curin's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Diya Tajid was slow to take the kick. During this time Piezza Fútbol Club's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Diya Tajid got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Gustavo Tigero quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pablo Guceño got free with Gustavo Tigero in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 26th minute Anangonó Baldes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Alcalde saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Weterio Paternina in the 35th minute of play forced Piezza Fútbol Club's goalkeeper Marco Alcalde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in UD Curin's zone, Texeira Doral stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gustavo Tigero came out of the goal and Texeira Doral tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to UD Curin getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Weterio Paternina hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice moves Pablo Guceño could shoot a difficult shot in the 43rd minute, which Gustavo Tigero however easily saved by the left post. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alonzo Solorzano to make the kick off. Gustavo Tigero stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alonzo Solorzano's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. Gustavo Tigero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alonzo Solorzano, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Pablo Guceño received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Gustavo Tigero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gustavo Tigero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alonzo Solorzano in the 62nd minute of the match. Gustavo Tigero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alonzo Solorzano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gustavo Tigero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alonzo Solorzano in the 68th minute of the match. 69 minutes into the match, Pablo Guceño notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of UD Curin's Gustavo Tigero. Gustavo Tigero was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Romeo Barreira's late challenge caught a UD Curin's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Romeo Barreira helped the player get up and apologised. The referee gave UD Curin a penalty, 75 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Yépez Mirafuentes, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Piezza Fútbol Club's Marco Alcalde. 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alonzo Solorzano in the 79th minute of play forced UD Curin's goalkeeper Gustavo Tigero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gustavo Tigero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alonzo Solorzano in the 89th minute of play. In the 96th minute, Weterio Paternina left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The UD Curin fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Piezza Fútbol Club were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.