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Estadio El Esfuerzo
Spectators: 7472 (Terracing: 5605, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Raul Jerano got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to Resolana getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Leonardo Bernabel hit a great ball. In the 15th minute, Conrado Urre left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Resolana fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Platon Alanis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Conrado Urre in the 20th minute of the match. Renan Meira charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Renan Meira the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of EL ESFUERZO FC booed when Resolana was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Renan Meira didn't get a good kick on the ball. Virgil Ţăranu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Raul Jerano in the 31st minute. A collision led to Resolana getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Dionisio Jerardo hit a great ball. Leonardo Bernabel recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 36th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 36th minute Leonardo Bernabel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Platon Alanis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Platon Alanis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Renan Meira, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Raul Jerano hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Fulgencio Arano's late challenge caught a Resolana's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fulgencio Arano helped the player get up and apologised. 46 minutes into the game, one of EL ESFUERZO FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. 49 minutes had been played when some careless play by EL ESFUERZO FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Renan Meira was slow to take the kick. During this time Resolana's players had a chance to rest. After the first half Resolana were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

After 60 minutes, Dionisio Jerardo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Resolana and the EL ESFUERZO FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Resolana getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Dionisio Jerardo hit a great ball. Virgil Ţăranu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roberto Bras in the 64th minute of play. Korkut Yavuzhan's late challenge caught a Resolana's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Korkut Yavuzhan helped the player get up and apologised. After 71 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for EL ESFUERZO FC! 77 minutes into the match, Resolana's goal looked a bit too open when Leonides Ellande came free, but Virgil Ţăranu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Virgil Ţăranu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Federico Martxel in the 78th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ezequiel Oxarra in the 84th minute of play forced Resolana's goalkeeper Virgil Ţăranu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 85 minutes into the match, Roberto Bras notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Resolana's Virgil Ţăranu. Virgil Ţăranu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 90th minute, Raul Jerano left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The EL ESFUERZO FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. 95 minutes into the match, EL ESFUERZO FC's goalkeeper Platon Alanis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Leonardo Bernabel. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.