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Leigh Stadium
Spectators: 6807 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1807, VIP seats: 0) Cristian Llorente received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Christian Hinguanzo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 17th minute, Julio Nunes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arturo Guerra, 17 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Hugo Santamaria struck a weak shot in the 19th minute. Christian Hinguanzo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for North Baddesley. Cristian Llorente received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Christian Hinguanzo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 25 played minutes, Leigh United's Emiliano Bautista shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Paolo Coreas came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Leigh United reached it. Leopoldo Machado struck a weak shot in the 26th minute. Paolo Coreas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Leigh United. Cristian Llorente received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Christian Hinguanzo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dagoberto Escalante charged in rather forcefully in the 30th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dagoberto Escalante the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to North Baddesley getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Dagoberto Escalante hit a great ball. In the 38th match minute, North Baddesley was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilber Escalante to maneuver through the defense. Emiliano Braun took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 38th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Paolo Coreas. North Baddesley's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Leopoldo Machado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Paolo Coreas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 42 minutes, Jhalmar Mendoza managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Leigh United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jhalmar Mendoza was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, North Baddesley's Paolo Coreas got control of the ball when Leopoldo Machado tried to sneak it across the goal line. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Cristian Llorente made the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Leopoldo Machado's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Paolo Coreas was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. Cristian Llorente's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Christian Hinguanzo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 70th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Julio Nunes during the 70th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Leigh United getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Julio Nunes hit a great ball. In the 74th minute, Leopoldo Machado 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. After having played for 77 minutes, Hugo Santamaria managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. North Baddesley's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hugo Santamaria was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Leopoldo Machado blasted a shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Paolo Coreas having to make a save. Hugo Santamaria sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 88th minute, Cristian Llorente reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Christian Hinguanzo. The goal made the score 0-1. Paolo Coreas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jhalmar Mendoza, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Christian Hinguanzo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cristian Llorente's shot from short distance in the 96th minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched North Baddesley eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.