League

Leonardo da Vinci
Spectators: 6532 (Terracing: 5532, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) C.A. Sportivo Sabalero's Edgard Rubio started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Leopoldo Silban took the ball and in the 7 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aureliano Abella. Aureliano Abella dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ambrosio Liberto in the 10th minute of play forced C.A. Sportivo Sabalero's goalkeeper Aureliano Abella to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aureliano Abella showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leopoldo Silban, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Aureliano Abella made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leopoldo Silban in the 19th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Leopoldo Silban's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aureliano Abella was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. Ambrosio Liberto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 28 minutes, Edgard Rubio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. C.A. Sportivo Sabalero's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edgard Rubio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Ambrosio Liberto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Leopoldo Silban stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Leopoldo Silban sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Aureliano Abella took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leopoldo Silban, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aureliano Abella made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leopoldo Silban in the 71st minute of play. A collision led to C.A. Sportivo Sabalero getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Amador Eduino hit a great ball. Amador Eduino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paulo Bilintx having to interfere. Paulo Bilintx showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgard Rubio, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Aureliano Abella took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leopoldo Silban, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leopoldo Silban in the 79th minute of play forced C.A. Sportivo Sabalero's goalkeeper Aureliano Abella to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind C.A. Sportivo Sabalero's goalkeeper Aureliano Abella, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 86th minute Edgard Rubio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulo Bilintx saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Leopoldo Silban in the 91st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aureliano Abella saved C.A. Sportivo Sabalero from getting behind. Leopoldo Silban's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Aureliano Abella read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 94th minute of play. When Ambrosio Liberto came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Mdq FC 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 Ambrosio Liberto couldn't finish the play. When the final whistle sounded Mdq FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than C.A. Sportivo Sabalero.