Puzzles 3 - 3 Machotes (383395855)

Clear skies welcomed the 5527 spectators who had made their way to AAA. Tor Rogersson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nedim Lichtensteiger and Kader Ramzi. Puzzles started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Viñal - Fuentes Martínez, Páramo Ortiz, Rivero Sanchez, Aitzuriaga - Hanif, Mauri Alarcon, Aliri, Zorita - Rovirola, Yamani.

Machotes decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: García - Moreno Clérigo, Novoa, Barreiros, Naranjo Cortés - Barxela, Barberá, Weyler, Pizarro - Hinkovski, Olmos.

I. Barxela had a good opportunity to give Machotes the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. P. Tamariz Rueda was called on to replace Puzzles's Ó. Páramo Ortiz after 26 minutes following a nasty collision. 29 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Puzzles was A. Hanif. Puzzles's S. Yamani got himself booked for a foul. Machotes were forced into a substitution as H. Moreno Clérigo couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing V. Romero Ramos to come in off the bench. The visitors kept the pressure on to tie the game when, after 38 minutes, J. Olmos broke through the centre and found himself alone with the keeper. R. Viñal made a great block, though. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, J. Mauri Alarcon got himself booked. The manager of Puzzles was not happy. Cheers filled the stadium as J. Mauri Alarcon broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to Puzzles. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Machotes, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

53 minutes into the match, the visitors reduced the lead to 2 - 1 as a free kick by D. Novoa slunk past the home side's goalkeeper. L. Naranjo Cortés hit the corner kick straight to the keeper, but it was mishandled, giving Machotes's M. Pizarro an easy chance to knock it in for 2 - 2. Several players were looking tired, especially J. Rivero Sanchez who gifted the opposition a goal as he lost the ball to a still energetic J. Olmos of Machotes after 71 minutes. 2 - 3 L. Naranjo Cortés of Machotes was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Puzzles were awarded a penalty with 76 minutes played, and P. Fuentes Martínez made no mistake as he effortlessly slotted the equaliser home. 3 - 3. This part of the game was a standoff between the teams in terms of possession.

Puzzles's best player was S. Yamani. J. Mauri Alarcon was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Machotes player was without a doubt V. Romero Ramos. D. Novoa on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 3.