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Spectators: 9400 (Terracing: 7050, Seating: 2162, VIP seats: 188) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Leonel Chavarria took the kick off in the first half of the match. Zhu Bin Le hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. After 14 minutes of play, OROTINENSE's Jacek Walczak made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emilio Maldonado was left in no man's land by his defense there! Songurhan Mete sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 18 minutes into the game, Jacek Walczak cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Emilio Maldonado was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 21 minutes into the match, Songurhan Mete had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Emilio Maldonado. Real Rosario Central's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Songurhan Mete was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Emilio Maldonado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacek Walczak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Liu Yong Yong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonel Chavarria in the 30th minute of play. After some careless play in the Real Rosario Central defense, David Talamanca kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Emilio Maldonado. The Real Rosario Central fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Emilio Maldonado should have stopped the shot. 39 minutes in the game, Ismael Mena fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Liu Yong Yong having to interfere. In the 42nd match minute, Real Rosario Central was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Beto Alfaro to maneuver through the defense. If David Talamanca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Leonel Chavarria received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Liu Yong Yong came out and tried to block the shot, but Leonel Chavarria slotted it home off the left post making it 1-5 in the 47th minute.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jacek Walczak was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the game, David Talamanca cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-6. Emilio Maldonado was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. David Talamanca's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Emilio Maldonado firmly grabbed it by the left post. 58 minutes into the game, Reinaldo Medina was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. OROTINENSE's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Real Rosario Central the free kick. Reinaldo Medina kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. With a little luck, Real Rosario Central's Emilio Maldonado got control of the ball when David Talamanca tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, OROTINENSE's Omar Carvajal got a free kick in the 67th minute. David Talamanca could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Emilio Maldonado made a huge save. David Talamanca's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Emilio Maldonado firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 74th match minute, Real Rosario Central was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Frank Ulloa to maneuver through the defense. In the 75th match minute, Real Rosario Central was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Frank Ulloa to maneuver through the defense. David Talamanca might have been able to make a better finish in the 76th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Emilio Maldonado. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. David Talamanca ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 80th minute, Beto Alfaro 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. A hard shot 82 in the game by Jacek Walczak from a close distance when the talented Emilio Maldonado managed to make a qualified save. Real Rosario Central's players were relieved. Emilio Maldonado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iordache Opincaru in the 94th minute of the match. OROTINENSE played a much better game than Real Rosario Central and deserved their victory. The Real Rosario Central players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.