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Spectators: 9261 (Terracing: 7027, Seating: 2049, VIP seats: 185) The mood of the audience was pleasant when José Puch made the kick off which started today's match. The audience thought a goal was coming when José Puch got free with Loreto Palanques in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that José Puch's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Loreto Palanques was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. A hard shot 9 in the game by José Puch from a close distance when the talented Loreto Palanques managed to make a qualified save. AlmaToran's players were relieved. In the 11th minute, Alianza Trujillo's José Puch dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers José Puch in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Loreto Palanques saved AlmaToran from getting behind. In the 22nd minute of the game Carlos Marchena made a throw-in which Luis Miguel played forward. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hipolito Ponce in the 26th minute of play forced Alianza Trujillo's goalkeeper Tomas Brandt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomas Brandt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hipolito Ponce, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. 29 minutes into the match, AlmaToran's goalkeeper Loreto Palanques had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luis Miguel. Alianza Trujillo were awarded a corner in the 30th minute after AlmaToran's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Javier Agudo took the corner. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling José Puch in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Loreto Palanques prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 32nd minute Hipolito Ponce shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tomas Brandt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 39 minutes, Loreto Palanques successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. With his leg Loreto Palanques managed to avoid a goal in the 45thth minute, when Alianza Trujillo's José Puch fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When Alianza Trujillo's José Puch in the 46th minute got a chance for a shot 46th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AlmaToran's goalie prevented a goal.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hipolito Ponce stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Loreto Palanques made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Puch in the 51st minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers José Puch in the 53rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Loreto Palanques saved AlmaToran from getting behind. In the 57th minute, one of AlmaToran:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for AlmaToran. José Puch walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. 64 minutes into the match, AlmaToran's goal looked a bit too open when Luis Miguel came free, but Loreto Palanques reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers José Puch in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Loreto Palanques saved AlmaToran from getting behind. When Alianza Trujillo's José Puch in the 68th minute got a chance for a shot 68th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AlmaToran's goalie prevented a goal. When José Puch came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the Alianza Trujillo 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 José Puch couldn't finish the play. Alianza Trujillo made a substitution. Frederik Orejo replaced Kylian Mbappè. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Puch in the 77th minute of play forced AlmaToran's goalkeeper Loreto Palanques to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Puch in the 80th minute of play forced AlmaToran's goalkeeper Loreto Palanques to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Loreto Palanques came out of the goal in the 83rd minute to try and stop a shot by Alianza Trujillo's Frederik Orejo. But to his dismay, Frederik Orejo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. 88 minutes into the game, José Puch cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Loreto Palanques was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. AlmaToran's Loreto Palanques played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis Miguel in the 91st minute of play. Loreto Palanques showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Puch, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. In the 96th minute the ball was on its way in behind AlmaToran's goalkeeper Loreto Palanques, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Loreto Palanques showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Javier Agudo, who was totally free with the ball in the 98th minute. For all the effort they put into the match, the AlmaToran players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Alianza Trujillo.