League

Saiyajin Arena
Spectators: 7245 (Terracing: 5435, Seating: 1666, VIP seats: 144) Gaston Silva started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. If Cristo Bernabel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luciano Rodriguez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Desiderio Cordarrol, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Shen Long FC's zone, Desiderio Cordarrol stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luciano Rodriguez came out of the goal and Desiderio Cordarrol tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Gaston Silva received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Esteban Aguilera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Agustin Chucho's late challenge caught a Shen Long FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Agustin Chucho helped the player get up and apologised. Agustin Chucho hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. In the 28th minute, Gaston Silva left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Shen Long FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Mauro Rodriguez might have been able to make a better finish in the 32nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Esteban Aguilera. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mauro Rodriguez ran back to his position shaking his head. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Gaston Silva took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Esteban Aguilera to make any attempt to save it. Luciano Rodriguez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Desiderio Cordarrol in the 41st minute of the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Desiderio Cordarrol made a kick off. 51 minutes into the game, Cristo Bernabel was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pali Vol's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Shen Long FC the free kick. In the 51st minute, Cristo Bernabel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpected shot in the 55th minute by Cristo Bernabel got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Shen Long FC's Luciano Rodriguez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save Shen Long FC from getting a goal against them. After 60 minutes, Javier Correa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Shen Long FC and the Pali Vol players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Shen Long FC's Javier Correa got a free kick in the 60th minute. The audience was convinced that Desiderio Cordarrol's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luciano Rodriguez was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristo Bernabel got free with Luciano Rodriguez in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Luciano Rodriguez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Desiderio Cordarrol in the 73rd minute of play. Shen Long FC made a substitution. Simon Nel replaced Gaston Silva. Pali Vol's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.