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Andrés Murillo
Spectators: 9213 (Terracing: 6912, Seating: 2118, VIP seats: 183) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Roi Jaraba started the match with the kick off. Lucila Barraza didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Van 吕布 went, in the 6th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Tapa Red F.C's Fabián Vargas got a free kick in the 9th minute. Van 吕布 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 11 minutes of play, Banco's Hugo Sánchez made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lucila Barraza was left in no man's land by his defense there! 20 minutes into the match, Tapa Red F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Mantzio Sieira came free, but Lucila Barraza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 22 minutes into the game, Favila Corias was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tapa Red F.C's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Banco the free kick. Favila Corias hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. After 24 played minutes Banco got a freekick which was hit by Matro Casaviella. If Roi Jaraba had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lucila Barraza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Van 吕布 in the 31st minute of the match. Lucila Barraza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Van 吕布, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Banco getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Matro Casaviella hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Roi Jaraba kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Marcello Gröhe. That made the score 1-3 in the 40 minute of play. Tapa Red F.C's Roi Jaraba was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 45th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. The Tapa Red F.C players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Banco were winning 2-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Van 吕布 was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Banco's Vito Ojeda ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Lucila Barraza. Lucila Barraza yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-4. 56 minutes into the match, Tapa Red F.C's goalkeeper Lucila Barraza had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Adrian Dikanarov. Lucila Barraza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vito Ojeda, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. 68 minutes into the match, Van 吕布 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lucila Barraza. Tapa Red F.C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Van 吕布 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-5. 74 minutes into the match, Tapa Red F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Van 吕布 came free, but Lucila Barraza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcello Gröhe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roi Jaraba in the 75th minute of play. Lucila Barraza made an important save on a dangerous shot by Van 吕布 in the 76th minute. Banco's attack was well implemented in the 80th minute, but when Van 吕布 was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. Tapa Red F.C's Lucila Barraza proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save Tapa Red F.C from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hugo Sánchez got free with Lucila Barraza in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Hugo Sánchez received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lucila Barraza came out and tried to block the shot, but Hugo Sánchez slotted it home off the left post making it 3-6 in the 85th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Hugo Sánchez kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Lucila Barraza. That made the score 3-7 in the 88 minute of play. The supporters of Banco booed when Tapa Red F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabián Vargas didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 94th minute Roi Jaraba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcello Gröhe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lucila Barraza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vito Ojeda in the 95th minute of play. In the 96th minute, Basilio Viso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Banco's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.