League

Nuevo Ranon
Spectators: 5100 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1100, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Juan Blanco took the kick off in the first half of the match. Evarado Ramos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. U.D La Espina's Valery Higuera got a good chance for a goal in the 6th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Zacarías Encina took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juan Blanco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 16 minutes into the match, Valery Higuera notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Escaloneta77's Zacarías Encina. Zacarías Encina was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Cruz Llinares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aurre Beloki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24th minute Gabriel Llinares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cruz Llinares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as U.D La Espina's Franco Naranjo slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Zacarías Encina. That made the score 2-0 after 25 minutes of play. Franco Naranjo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zacarías Encina having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Aurre Beloki's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cruz Llinares was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 36th minute, Norino Romero managed to get in a good position for a shot. Escaloneta77's supporters rose to their feet, but Norino Romero was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cruz Llinares breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Ignacio Carro managed to get in a good position for a shot. U.D La Espina's supporters rose to their feet, but Ignacio Carro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zacarías Encina breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 40 minutes into the match, Escaloneta77's goalkeeper Zacarías Encina had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Valery Higuera. Valery Higuera's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zacarías Encina read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 45th minute of play. In the 45th minute Aristeo Quintanilla suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Musko Clemente made a kick off. When Valery Higuera came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the U.D La Espina 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 Valery Higuera couldn't finish the play. Valery Higuera scored 3-1 in the 60th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zacarías Encina, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 73 minutes into the match, Escaloneta77's goal looked a bit too open when Ignacio Carro came free, but Zacarías Encina reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Valery Higuera in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zacarías Encina saved Escaloneta77 from getting behind. Juan Blanco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Zacarías Encina tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Musko Clemente hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Zacarías Encina took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ignacio Carro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 88 minutes Escaloneta77's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Juan Blanco who took care of the corner kick. In the 88th match minute, Escaloneta77 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Musko Clemente to maneuver through the defense. Zacarías Encina showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignacio Carro in the 94th minute of the match. In the 96th minute Franco Naranjo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zacarías Encina saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Escaloneta77's Zacarías Encina played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valery Higuera in the 97th minute of play. U.D La Espina's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.