League

Gigante de Río 4to
Spectators: 7345 (Terracing: 5511, Seating: 1689, VIP seats: 145) Ciriaco Mantzio started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. La Banda de Río 4to's Guillermo Arce played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Angelino Maraman in the 3rd minute of play. A collision led to Guanacache getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Armando Bembe hit a great ball. Higinio Txartiko recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 6 minutes into the match, Guanacache's goal looked a bit too open when Pablo Montay came free, but Fabian Berdaitz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 9th minute, Higinio Txartiko got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Higinio Txartiko blasted a shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Fabian Berdaitz having to make a save. Guillermo Arce didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Baltasar Mino went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Humberto Aguilera hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Pablo Montay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 22 played minutes La Banda de Río 4to got a freekick which was hit by Rigoberto Domingues. With his leg Fabian Berdaitz managed to avoid a goal in the 26thth minute, when La Banda de Río 4to's Higinio Txartiko fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Ciriaco Mantzio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabian Berdaitz having to interfere. Guillermo Arce took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leo Tabb, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabian Berdaitz made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Higinio Txartiko sent off a good shot on target. Ciriaco Mantzio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabian Berdaitz having to interfere.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Baltasar Mino to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Baltasar Mino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Guillermo Arce saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Higinio Txartiko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. La Banda de Río 4to's Guillermo Arce played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Baltasar Mino in the 60th minute of play. Guillermo Arce made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leo Tabb in the 68th minute. Higinio Txartiko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Fabian Berdaitz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 73 minutes, Higinio Txartiko managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La Banda de Río 4to's supporters crossed their fingers, but Higinio Txartiko was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fabian Berdaitz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pablo Montay in the 75th minute of the match. 76 minutes into the match, Guanacache's goal looked a bit too open when Higinio Txartiko came free, but Fabian Berdaitz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Guillermo Arce made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baltasar Mino in the 85th minute of play. Pablo Montay kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Guillermo Arce took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Baltasar Mino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 90th minute Angelino Maraman suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. Pablo Montay's late challenge caught a Guanacache's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pablo Montay helped the player get up and apologised. In the 90th minute, Pablo Montay hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Higinio Txartiko scored 1-1 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fabian Berdaitz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.