League

Estadio Ritchie
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) In the 5th minute, one of Ritchie AFC: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 Ritchie AFC. In the 7th minute there was a penalty for FC ADIP. Osvaldo Cordarin stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Alonzo Pagomari. 0-1. Humberto Illart's late challenge caught a FC ADIP's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Humberto Illart helped the player get up and apologised. In the 14th match minute, Ritchie AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Humberto Illart to maneuver through the defense. When Adolfo Matei came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the FC ADIP 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 Adolfo Matei couldn't finish the play. Alonzo Pagomari showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adolfo Matei, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. In the 22nd minute, Bruno Kauldi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Osvaldo Cordarin was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 23rd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 26th minute, Leandro Silvanito ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alfredo Urdin was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Teo Marques received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Alfredo Urdin came out and tried to block the shot, but Teo Marques slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 29th minute. Teo Marques did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-1 to the left of a surprised Alfredo Urdin 35 minutes into the match. Leandro Silvanito fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alfredo Urdin having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in FC ADIP's zone, Leandro Silvanito stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alfredo Urdin came out of the goal and Leandro Silvanito tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 43 minutes in the game, Teo Marques dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. If Leandro Silvanito had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Teo Marques to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpected shot in the 53rd minute by Adolfo Matei got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Teo Marques might have been able to make a better finish in the 66th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alfredo Urdin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Teo Marques ran back to his position shaking his head. Leandro Silvanito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Alfredo Urdin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match clock showed 77 minutes, the score became 5-1 when Teo Marques sped through FC ADIP's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Alfredo Urdin. A collision led to FC ADIP getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Abel Gizon hit a great ball. Teo Marques sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 93 minutes of play, Ritchie AFC's Teo Marques made it 6-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alfredo Urdin was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Teo Marques in the 96th minute of play forced FC ADIP's goalkeeper Alfredo Urdin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. There was no doubt that Ritchie AFC were the better team. Ritchie AFC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.