League

Costa Salguero
Spectators: 7206 (Terracing: 5601, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 105) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Wilfredo Jacindo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Osvaldo Laffitte could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but Severiano Malvin made a huge save. Wilfredo Jacindo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Natalio Froila tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 9thth minute of the game Dan Harhoiu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Zarlanga's Natalio Froila was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Wilfredo Jacindo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Wilfredo Jacindo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Granatinto FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Wilfredo Jacindo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Natalio Froila breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 40th minute, Wilfredo Jacindo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Granatinto FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. 45 minutes into the match, Dan Harhoiu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Natalio Froila. Zarlanga's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dan Harhoiu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Osvaldo Laffitte made a kick off. In the 53rdth minute of the game Osvaldo Laffitte who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Granatinto FC's Severiano Malvin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Granatinto FC were awarded a corner in the 57th minute after Zarlanga's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Szczepan Turak took the corner. Dan Harhoiu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Natalio Froila having to interfere. Natalio Froila made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilfredo Jacindo in the 64th minute of play. 67 minutes into the game, Osvaldo Laffitte cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Severiano Malvin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Natalio Froila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wilfredo Jacindo in the 71st minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Wilfredo Jacindo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Natalio Froila was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. Ivan Lucian's late challenge caught a Granatinto FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ivan Lucian helped the player get up and apologised. In the 78th minute, Ivan Lucian hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 79 minutes into the match, Granatinto FC's goal looked a bit too open when Osvaldo Laffitte came free, but Severiano Malvin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dan Harhoiu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Natalio Froila having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Osvaldo Laffitte managed to get in a good position for a shot. Zarlanga's supporters rose to their feet, but Osvaldo Laffitte was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Severiano Malvin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Osvaldo Laffitte had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Osvaldo Laffitte took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Severiano Malvin. Severiano Malvin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-4. Granatinto FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.