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Spectators: 7254 (Terracing: 5442, Seating: 1668, VIP seats: 144) Cristo Shepherd's late challenge caught a La Gloria Canalla's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cristo Shepherd helped the player get up and apologised. A hard shot 12 in the game by Luis Ledesma from a close distance when the talented Ciriaco Frederico managed to make a qualified save. La Gloria Canalla's players were relieved. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Constantino Baladi in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jorge Mero saved Skorpions FC from getting behind. Timoteo Raeberts short, quick shot in the 19thth minute got Ciriaco Frederico to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Arnulfo Cordero might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jorge Mero. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Arnulfo Cordero ran back to his position shaking his head. Luis Ledesma received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Ciriaco Frederico tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to La Gloria Canalla getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Arnulfo Cordero hit a great ball. La Gloria Canalla's Ciriaco Frederico proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save La Gloria Canalla from getting a goal against them. Ciriaco Frederico showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timoteo Raebert in the 30th minute of the match. Constantino Baladi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 35 minutes into the match, La Gloria Canalla's Carolo Duardo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jorge Mero narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 42nd minute, Constantino Baladi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The La Gloria Canalla fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 46th minute, Carolo Duardo 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. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Constantino Baladi to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Timoteo Raebert left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Skorpions FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Teodosio Matro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jorge Mero having to interfere. In the 63rd minute, Constantino Baladi 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. Carolo Duardo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Timoteo Raebert in the 70th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ciriaco Frederico prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Skorpions FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 76th minute, when Constantino Baladi scored to the left of an out of position Jorge Mero, making the score, 1-2. Timoteo Raebert's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ciriaco Frederico read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 80th minute of play. Jorge Mero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Constantino Baladi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jorge Mero made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Carolo Duardo sent off a good shot on target. Carolo Duardo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Jorge Mero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Constantino Baladi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. La Gloria Canalla played a much better game than Skorpions FC and deserved their victory. The Skorpions FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.