League

Addis Abeba Stadium
Spectators: 7349 (Terracing: 5512, Seating: 1690, VIP seats: 147) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Marcelo Isias made the kick off which started today's match. After 4 minutes, Amado Caradaro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Hrvatska Deportivo and the Ḩaiƪe Selaššie ڸƦϜ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ceferino Mateus stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Filomeno Errapel's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. Tomás Monico recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Tomás Monico fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Astor Lesardo having to interfere. After 21 played minutes Hrvatska Deportivo got a freekick which was hit by Edgardo Ritchie. Astor Lesardo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marcelo Isias's shot from short distance in the 25th minute. A collision led to Ḩaiƪe Selaššie ڸƦϜ getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Domingos Nataniel hit a great ball. In the 31st minute, Tomás Monico 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. The supporters of Ḩaiƪe Selaššie ڸƦϜ booed when Hrvatska Deportivo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vladimiro Muc didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Marcelo Isias's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Astor Lesardo was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. A collision led to Ḩaiƪe Selaššie ڸƦϜ getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Basilio Olo hit a great ball. Astor Lesardo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcelo Isias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomás Monico got free with Astor Lesardo in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Filomeno Errapel was the one to do the kick off. In the 57th minute Marcelo Isias shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Astor Lesardo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 61st minute, Marcelo Isias made a precise shot to the right of Astor Lesardo. Hrvatska Deportivo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Tomás Monico managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ḩaiƪe Selaššie ڸƦϜ's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomás Monico was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Astor Lesardo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Danilo Tello fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ceferino Mateus having to interfere. Astor Lesardo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomás Monico, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. After 73 minutes, Remigio Bertran mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ḩaiƪe Selaššie ڸƦϜ and the Hrvatska Deportivo players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 72 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Ḩaiƪe Selaššie ڸƦϜ! In the 76th match minute, Hrvatska Deportivo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amado Caradaro to maneuver through the defense. Marcelo Isias scored 3-1 in the 80th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Astor Lesardo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 83rd match minute, Ḩaiƪe Selaššie ڸƦϜ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Basilio Olo to maneuver through the defense. In the 87th minute, Remigio Bertran hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 89th minute of the match, Filomeno Errapel tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ceferino Mateus saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Tomás Monico received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Astor Lesardo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ḩaiƪe Selaššie ڸƦϜ's Ceferino Mateus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edgardo Ritchie in the 100th minute of play. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Ḩaiƪe Selaššie ڸƦϜ had played much better football throughout.