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Guillermo Monico
Spectators: 7214 (Terracing: 5412, Seating: 1659, VIP seats: 143) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cosme Honesto started the match with the kick off. Elvio Eliazar hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Melchor Bakar during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 4th match minute, Stroeder FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Melchor Bakar to maneuver through the defense. Leonides Rozariuss short, quick shot in the 6thth minute got Francisco Lobo to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Leonides Rozarius who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 8thth minute tested the skills of Francisco Lobo when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Leonides Rozarius managed to get in a good position for a shot. Victor Fútbol Club's supporters rose to their feet, but Leonides Rozarius was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Francisco Lobo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 12th minute Cosme Honesto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Esteban Soin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 15th match minute, Stroeder FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cosme Honesto to maneuver through the defense. In the 18th minute, Victor Fútbol Club's Leonides Rozarius dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Abel Luzaide during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Victor Fútbol Club's Abel Luzaide got a free kick in the 21st minute. Leonides Rozarius sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Konstantinos Koulakiotis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Francisco Lobo having to interfere. Leonides Rozarius received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Francisco Lobo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Stroeder FC's goalkeeper Francisco Lobo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Esteban Soin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cosme Honesto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Leonides Rozarius managed to get in a good position for a shot. Victor Fútbol Club's supporters rose to their feet, but Leonides Rozarius was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Francisco Lobo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Victor Fútbol Club getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Ildefonso Bertin hit a great ball. Elvio Eliazar, 42 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. Francisco Lobo made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Leonides Rozarius sent off a good shot on target. Matheus Popoola sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Leonides Rozarius made a kick off. When Leonides Rozarius came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the Victor Fútbol Club fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Leonides Rozarius couldn't finish the play. Francisco Lobo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Matheus Popoola's shot from short distance in the 55th minute. Francisco Lobo came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by Victor Fútbol Club's Leonides Rozarius. But to his dismay, Leonides Rozarius quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. After 62 minutes of play Victor Fútbol Club's Ildefonso Bertin was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 64th match minute, Stroeder FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicanor Marz to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Matheus Popoola's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Francisco Lobo was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Stroeder FC's zone, Mateo Abancens stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Francisco Lobo came out of the goal and Mateo Abancens tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 76th minute of the game. One of Victor Fútbol Club:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Stroeder FC:s goal. The referee gave Stroeder FC a penalty, 77 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Elvio Eliazar, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Victor Fútbol Club's Esteban Soin. 2-1. Francisco Lobo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Konstantinos Koulakiotis's shot from short distance in the 81st minute. Francisco Lobo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matheus Popoola, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. 87 minutes had been played when some careless play by Stroeder FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Abel Luzaide was slow to take the kick. During this time Victor Fútbol Club's players had a chance to rest. 94 minutes into the match, Adolfo Mercurio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Francisco Lobo. Stroeder FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adolfo Mercurio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1.