League

El Potrero de J.R.10
Spectators: 7215 (Terracing: 5412, Seating: 1660, VIP seats: 143) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Isidro Jerrald got the match started through his kick off. When ROMAN-TICOS's Isidro Jerrald in the 12th minute got a chance for a shot 12th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mercedes's goalie prevented a goal. Erubiel Soter received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Eliseo Peli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 27th minute Isidro Erdiano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ambrosio Dominix saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eliseo Peli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isidro Jerrald in the 33rd minute of the match. The supporters of ROMAN-TICOS booed when Mercedes was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alfonso Delfino didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Isidro Jerrald in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eliseo Peli saved Mercedes from getting behind. Isidro Jerrald sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eliseo Peli made a fantastic save in the 47th minute, when Erubiel Soter sent off a good shot on target. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Isidro Erdiano made the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Erubiel Soter in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eliseo Peli saved Mercedes from getting behind. Clemente Chinto's late challenge caught a Mercedes's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Clemente Chinto helped the player get up and apologised. After 59 played minutes ROMAN-TICOS got a freekick which was hit by Clemente Chinto. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidro Jerrald in the 61st minute of play forced Mercedes's goalkeeper Eliseo Peli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Isidro Jerrald's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eliseo Peli was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. If Wilfredo Ceandro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eliseo Peli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erubiel Soter in the 69th minute of the match. If Wilfredo Ceandro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 73rd minute, Isidro Jerrald 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Nemesio Palos managed to get in a good position for a shot. ROMAN-TICOS's supporters rose to their feet, but Nemesio Palos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eliseo Peli breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Erubiel Soter received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Eliseo Peli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 81st minute, Isidro Jerrald left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ROMAN-TICOS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. In a very dangerous position, a player in Mercedes fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 90th minute. Penalty! In the 91st minute there was a penalty for ROMAN-TICOS. Ruben Criston stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Eliseo Peli. 3-0. Isidro Jerrald fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eliseo Peli having to interfere. ROMAN-TICOS's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.