League

Nuevo Tigris
Spectators: 8567 (Terracing: 6426, Seating: 1970, VIP seats: 171) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nicolae Petrulean made the kick off which started today's match. After a defensive mix-up in Rayo Bengala's zone, Nicolae Petrulean stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Artur Boruc came out of the goal and Nicolae Petrulean tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Nicolae Petrulean came up free with the goalie in the 6th minute, the Vaccean Warriors 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 Nicolae Petrulean couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Policarpio Lama in the 14th minute of play forced Vaccean Warriors's goalkeeper Dante Chapel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Çağan Ros made in the 19th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Vaccean Warriors's Lazaro Gabas. Vaccean Warriors's defense didn't have a chance, in the 20th minute, when Macabeo Sampil scored to the left of an out of position Dante Chapel, making the score, 1-1. The audience was convinced that Macabeo Sampil's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Chapel was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Artur Boruc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicolae Petrulean, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 31st match minute, Rayo Bengala was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Çağan Ros to maneuver through the defense. Nicolae Petrulean received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Artur Boruc tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 36 minutes into the game, Rayo Bengala's Macabeo Sampil nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dante Chapel made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. After 43 minutes Rayo Bengala's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Telo Papo who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Telo Papo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Artur Boruc quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Dante Chapel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Macabeo Sampil in the 45th minute of the match.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Macabeo Sampil made a kick off. Nerio Etxeberria hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. In the 53rd minute, Berto Monta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vaccean Warriors were awarded a corner in the 61th minute after Rayo Bengala's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Telo Papo took the corner. After taking down the ball on Vaccean Warriors's corner Telo Papo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Artur Boruc quite easily take care of the ball. Dante Chapel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Macabeo Sampil in the 63rd minute of play. Artur Boruc made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nicolae Petrulean in the 64th minute. Nerio Etxeberria took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dante Chapel. Dante Chapel dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. A throw-in in the 71st minute of the game was made by Çağan Ros with Berto Monta as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Tormaigh Cassin hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. When Pericles Harroyo fell near the penalty area in the 82nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Vaccean Warriors's protests and gave Pericles Harroyo a yellow card for diving instead. 82 minutes into the game, one of Vaccean Warriors:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Artur Boruc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tano Di Paolo in the 85th minute of play. Dante Chapel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tormaigh Cassin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Vaccean Warriors defense, Tormaigh Cassin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dante Chapel. The Vaccean Warriors fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dante Chapel should have stopped the shot. 97 minutes into the game, Tano Di Paolo lined in a short shot 4-2 behind a frustrated Artur Boruc. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Rayo Bengala had won after a very even match.