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Pulpera
Spectators: 7234 (Terracing: 5427, Seating: 1664, VIP seats: 143) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Evelio Argider started the match with the kick off. Edgardo Firme charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Edgardo Firme the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 5th minute, Edgardo Firme hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edgardo Firme hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Efrain Muno took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 8th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Salvador Bonadona. Pulpera AFC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 12 minutes, Carmelo Fernandes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pulpera AFC and the Tusnalgovich players grew even worse after the yellow card. Carmelo Fernandes hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. After having played for 13 minutes, Thomas Sude managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tusnalgovich's supporters crossed their fingers, but Thomas Sude was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Evelio Argider fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mustafa Ekrem Albayrak having to interfere. 21 minutes into the match, Pulpera AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Thomas Sude came free, but Salvador Bonadona reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Pulpera AFC getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Ricardo Alfonso hit a great ball. 28 minutes into the game, Thomas Sude cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Salvador Bonadona was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Salvador Bonadona showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thomas Sude in the 35th minute of the match. Hilario Hermon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Salvador Bonadona having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thomas Sude in the 41st minute of play forced Pulpera AFC's goalkeeper Salvador Bonadona to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hilario Hermon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Thomas Sude was the one to do the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Pulpera AFC's zone, Hilario Hermon stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Salvador Bonadona came out of the goal and Hilario Hermon tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Thomas Sude fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Salvador Bonadona having to interfere. Joaquin Quiroga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 68 minutes into the match, Evelio Argider notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Tusnalgovich's Mustafa Ekrem Albayrak. Mustafa Ekrem Albayrak was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 72nd minute Zacarias Polentzi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mustafa Ekrem Albayrak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 72nd minute, Joaquin Quiroga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 74th minute, Evelio Argider ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mustafa Ekrem Albayrak was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. Mustafa Ekrem Albayrak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zacarias Polentzi, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Thomas Sude scored 2-4 in the 82nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Salvador Bonadona, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 85th minute, Thomas Sude left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tusnalgovich fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-5. When Hilario Hermon came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Tusnalgovich 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 Hilario Hermon couldn't finish the play. Hilario Hermon struck a weak shot in the 96th minute. Salvador Bonadona didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tusnalgovich.