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UFG Park
Spectators: 7600 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 2000, VIP seats: 100) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Arnoldo Benavides took the kick off in the first half of the match. If Nelson Umanzor had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Nelson Umanzor sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ye Yue Fan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Milton Padilla having to interfere. After a rather tough play, UFG ᴱᴸᴵᵀᴱ's Alexis Benavides got a free kick in the 8th minute. After 9 played minutes Cóban Imperial got a freekick which was hit by Benji Amaya. Ye Yue Fan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Milton Padilla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 13th minute Ye Yue Fan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Milton Padilla saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nelson Umanzor sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A collision led to UFG ᴱᴸᴵᵀᴱ getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Dumitru Rădulescu hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Augusto Mendoza in the 24th minute of play forced UFG ᴱᴸᴵᵀᴱ's goalkeeper Caetano Prestes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nelson Umanzor succeeded in the game's 27th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. 30 minutes into the match, Cóban Imperial's goal looked a bit too open when Ye Yue Fan came free, but Milton Padilla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 30th match minute, Cóban Imperial was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ulises Llorente to maneuver through the defense. 37 minutes in the game, Nelson Umanzor fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Milton Padilla having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nelson Umanzor was the one to do the kick off. Ye Yue Fan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Milton Padilla having to interfere. In the 53rd minute, Nelson Umanzor 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. The supporters of Cóban Imperial booed when UFG ᴱᴸᴵᵀᴱ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexis Benavides didn't get a good kick on the ball. UFG ᴱᴸᴵᵀᴱ made a substitution. Nestor Mosen replaced Nelson Umanzor. Jhonnatan Carranza received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Caetano Prestes came out and tried to block the shot, but Jhonnatan Carranza slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 59th minute. Nestor Mosen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Milton Padilla having to interfere. Nestor Mosen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Milton Padilla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Nestor Mosen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Milton Padilla was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. 70 minutes into the match, Nestor Mosen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Milton Padilla. Cóban Imperial's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nestor Mosen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Nestor Mosen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Milton Padilla having to interfere. Milton Padilla didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nestor Mosen went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. Milton Padilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nestor Mosen, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. The supporters of UFG ᴱᴸᴵᵀᴱ booed when Cóban Imperial was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ulises Llorente didn't get a good kick on the ball. 95 minutes into the game, Nestor Mosen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Milton Padilla was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Cóban Imperial's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.