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Guabas
Spectators: 8515 (Terracing: 6380, Seating: 1960, VIP seats: 175) After 3 played minutes ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ got a freekick which was hit by Zacarias Zurbano. Valente Arrazola stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pero Falla's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. Valente Arrazola stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pero Falla's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. Valente Arrazola stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pero Falla's shot from short distance in the 9th minute. Pero Falla hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Pero Falla's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Valente Arrazola read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 16th minute of play. In the 18th minute of the match ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ got a corner. junior's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Zacarias Zurbano ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s corner Zacarias Zurbano fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Valente Arrazola quite easily take care of the ball. Ernesto Rafel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edwin van der Sar having to interfere. Edwin van der Sar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ernesto Rafel in the 28th minute of the match. After 29 played minutes junior got a freekick which was hit by 庄然凡. Zacarias Zurbano took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 30th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Valente Arrazola. junior's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Valente Arrazola made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pero Falla in the 32nd minute of play. Nalo Loaisa was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 46 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s Nalo Loaisa got a free kick in the 47th minute. 48 minutes into the match, junior's Sayvion Bas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Edwin van der Sar narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After the first half ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Teofil Bulkiewicz to make the kick off. junior's Valente Arrazola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pero Falla in the 56th minute of play. When ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s Pero Falla in the 60th minute got a chance for a shot 60th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye junior's goalie prevented a goal. ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s Xandro Sarasola was substituted for Zacarias Zurbano. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gartxot Villacorta in the 70th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Valente Arrazola saved junior from getting behind. Gartxot Villacorta had several of the junior's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 71 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-3 score and a disappointed Valente Arrazola as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 73rd minute Gartxot Villacorta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valente Arrazola saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gartxot Villacorta's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 75thth minute, Valente Arrazola skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 76th minute the ball was on its way in behind ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Gonza Villamil's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edwin van der Sar was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. In the last second Valente Arrazola throw himself and got hold of the ball when Hori Guillemez in the 83rdth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. After 85 minutes junior's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mario Alberto Yepes who took care of the corner kick. The corner led ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s Mario Alberto Yepes to fire away a dangerous shot which Valente Arrazola despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 87th match minute, junior was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ernesto Rafel to maneuver through the defense. In the 88th minute of the match Noel Guerrero sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Valente Arrazola skillfully saved the ball. When Furman Salantes fell near the penalty area in the 89th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦'s protests and gave Furman Salantes a yellow card for diving instead. When the final whistle went the supporters of ♠♥ Stardust Crusaders ♣♦ were delighted that their team had defeated the much more dominant junior side.