League

El Matadero
Spectators: 7127 (Terracing: 5447, Seating: 1670, VIP seats: 10) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Wilfredo Izel got the match started through his kick off. Tobias Cordarin hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anselmo Veronica in the 8th minute of play forced MA HALCON ATLETICO's goalkeeper Javier Herrera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cecilio Mambru sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Baldomiro Remir received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Aristides Pelayo came out and tried to block the shot, but Baldomiro Remir slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 12th minute. In the 17th minute Wilfredo Izel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Javier Herrera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 19 minutes into the match, MA HALCON ATLETICO's goal looked a bit too open when Wilfredo Izel came free, but Javier Herrera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Javier Herrera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anselmo Veronica in the 20th minute of play. In the 22nd minute the ball was on its way in behind La Banda del Sur's goalkeeper Aristides Pelayo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Anselmo Veronica recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 26th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 28 minutes into the game, Wilfredo Izel cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Javier Herrera was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 31 played minutes La Banda del Sur got a freekick which was hit by Anselmo Veronica. Anselmo Veronica was in a good position and ended up with the ball after La Banda del Sur's free kick, but he didn't get a good hit on the ball and blazed it high and to the right of the goal. 33 minutes into the match, MA HALCON ATLETICO's goal looked a bit too open when Anselmo Veronica came free, but Javier Herrera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 43 minutes of play, La Banda del Sur's Anselmo Veronica made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Javier Herrera was left in no man's land by his defense there! 46 minutes into the game, Tobias Cordarin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. La Banda del Sur's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave MA HALCON ATLETICO the free kick. Baldomiro Remir scored 2-2 in the 48th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aristides Pelayo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Baldomiro Remir stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, La Banda del Sur's Tobias Cordarin got a free kick in the 54th minute. In the 57th minute, Igor Vidal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anselmo Veronicas short, quick shot in the 59thth minute got Javier Herrera to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After having played for 61 minutes, Felix Lopes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. MA HALCON ATLETICO's supporters crossed their fingers, but Felix Lopes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 64 minutes, Baldomiro Remir managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. MA HALCON ATLETICO's supporters crossed their fingers, but Baldomiro Remir was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 67 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for La Banda del Sur! If Anselmo Veronica had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. MA HALCON ATLETICO's Javier Herrera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save MA HALCON ATLETICO from getting a goal against them. 83 minutes into the match, La Banda del Sur's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Lopes came free, but Aristides Pelayo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Felix Lopes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 92 minutes into the match, MA HALCON ATLETICO's Baldomiro Remir sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aristides Pelayo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Baldomiro Remir sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. For all the effort they put into the match, the La Banda del Sur players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for MA HALCON ATLETICO.