La Locomotora
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Osvaldo Pietro started the match with the kick off. Geoff Ackerman's late challenge caught a El Bobo y El Bocho's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Geoff Ackerman helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Deportivo Rodriguez getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Geoff Ackerman hit a great ball. Curt Barrios fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcelo Celino having to interfere. A collision led to El Bobo y El Bocho getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Segundo Ponciano hit a great ball. Marcelo Celino made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Geoff Ackerman sent off a good shot on target. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Geoff Ackerman managed to get in a good position for a shot. Deportivo Rodriguez's supporters rose to their feet, but Geoff Ackerman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcelo Celino breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 16 minutes into the match, Deportivo Rodriguez's goal looked a bit too open when Eriberto Louis came free, but Gregory Fink reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 17th minute, Eriberto Louis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 20 minutes into the game, Raymond Arrington was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Deportivo Rodriguez's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave El Bobo y El Bocho the free kick. In the 20th match minute, Deportivo Rodriguez was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Raymond Arrington to maneuver through the defense. Geoff Ackerman's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 24thth minute, Marcelo Celino skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 25 minutes into the game, Osvaldo Pietro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Gregory Fink was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Raymond Arrington sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 32nd match minute, El Bobo y El Bocho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Segundo Ponciano to maneuver through the defense. After 33 played minutes, Deportivo Rodriguez's Ruben Crandall shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Marcelo Celino came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Deportivo Rodriguez reached it. Geoff Ackerman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of El Bobo y El Bocho booed when Deportivo Rodriguez was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dudley Deal didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of El Bobo y El Bocho booed when Deportivo Rodriguez was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Curt Barrios didn't get a good kick on the ball. Victoriano Ranolfo took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 45th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Gregory Fink. Deportivo Rodriguez's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Gregory Fink showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victoriano Ranolfo, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Geoff Ackerman to make the kick off. Marcelo Celino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Geoff Ackerman in the 55th minute of the match. When Jonatan Abaurre fell near the penalty area in the 56th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored El Bobo y El Bocho's protests and gave Jonatan Abaurre a yellow card for diving instead. Jonatan Abaurre hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Silvio Gaztea charged in rather forcefully in the 57th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Silvio Gaztea the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Silvio Gaztea kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Marcelo Celino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ruben Crandall, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eriberto Louis's late challenge caught a Deportivo Rodriguez's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eriberto Louis helped the player get up and apologised. In the 60th match minute, El Bobo y El Bocho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eriberto Louis to maneuver through the defense. El Bobo y El Bocho's Marcelo Celino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Curt Barrios in the 61st minute of play. Victoriano Ranolfo was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 62nd minute. El Bobo y El Bocho's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. When Osvaldo Pietro came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the El Bobo y El Bocho 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 Osvaldo Pietro couldn't finish the play. Hermengildo Ugaitz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Gregory Fink tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 77 minutes, Osvaldo Pietro took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Gregory Fink to make any attempt to save it. After some careless play in the Deportivo Rodriguez defense, Eriberto Louis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gregory Fink. The Deportivo Rodriguez fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gregory Fink should have stopped the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as Victoriano Ranolfo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gregory Fink. That made the score 0-5 in the 84 minute of play. A collision led to El Bobo y El Bocho getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Saul Louis hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in El Bobo y El Bocho's zone, Ruben Crandall stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marcelo Celino came out of the goal and Ruben Crandall tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Victoriano Ranolfo struck a weak shot in the 91st minute. Gregory Fink didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for El Bobo y El Bocho. In the 94th match minute, El Bobo y El Bocho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonatan Abaurre to maneuver through the defense. Raymond Arrington took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 95th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marcelo Celino. El Bobo y El Bocho's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched El Bobo y El Bocho eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.
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