Altea
Spectators: 6671 (Terracing: 5000,
Seating: 1671, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Garaona Zafrilla started the match with the kick off. A hard shot by Porfiro Hernandez from long distance, 3 minutes into the match, got Jaizki Barba's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Altea's Sinforoso Clemente played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Garaona Zafrilla in the 4th minute of play. DRIAN's Jaizki Barba played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amuruza Vazquez in the 6th minute of play. Jaizki Barba stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Amuruza Vazquez's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. Sinforoso Clemente took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Garaona Zafrilla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Altea's Sinforoso Clemente played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Garaona Zafrilla in the 13th minute of play. A collision led to Altea getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Blasco Verdaguer hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Garaona Zafrilla in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sinforoso Clemente saved Altea from getting behind. After 24 played minutes Altea got a freekick which was hit by Blasco Verdaguer. Sinforoso Clemente didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Richie Saboya went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After 29 played minutes Altea got a freekick which was hit by Amuruza Vazquez. Sinforoso Clemente took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Garaona Zafrilla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 34 minutes of play, DRIAN's Garaona Zafrilla made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sinforoso Clemente was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Garaona Zafrilla in the 38th minute of play forced Altea's goalkeeper Sinforoso Clemente to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sinforoso Clemente showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Richie Saboya in the 39th minute of the match. In the 40th match minute, DRIAN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Garaona Zafrilla to maneuver through the defense. Sinforoso Clemente took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Richie Saboya, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 46 minutes into the game, DRIAN's Richie Saboya nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sinforoso Clemente made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. The Altea players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. DRIAN were winning 0-3.
The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Amuruza Vazquez to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Richie Saboya got free with Sinforoso Clemente in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, DRIAN's Jose-Antonio Gala got a free kick in the 56th minute. Sinforoso Clemente made an important save on a dangerous shot by Richie Saboya in the 64th minute. After having played for 65 minutes, Garaona Zafrilla managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. DRIAN's supporters crossed their fingers, but Garaona Zafrilla was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Blasco Verdaguer hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Altea's Sinforoso Clemente proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save Altea from getting a goal against them. Amuruza Vazquez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Jaizki Barba tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A hard shot 79 in the game by Richie Saboya from a close distance when the talented Sinforoso Clemente managed to make a qualified save. Altea's players were relieved. Sinforoso Clemente showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Garaona Zafrilla in the 80th minute of the match. In the 84th minute Garaona Zafrilla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sinforoso Clemente saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Sinforoso Clemente managed to avoid a goal in the 86thth minute, when DRIAN's Richie Saboya fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 87th match minute, Altea was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Haitz Iniesta to maneuver through the defense. When Ponciano Millán came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the DRIAN 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 Ponciano Millán couldn't finish the play. Sinforoso Clemente took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Garaona Zafrilla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Richie Saboya got free with Sinforoso Clemente in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match was over DRIAN could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Altea throughout the match.
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