League

Estadio Mercedes
Spectators: 6648 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1648, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Aurelio Jurdan made the kick off which started today's match. Amador Bartoleme showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Acuña, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Amador Bartoleme was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Faustino Misael showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 6 minute of play. The supporters of Mercedes AFC booed when Tuizón was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rodrigo Ilazki didn't get a good kick on the ball. Amador Bartoleme showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Acuña in the 18th minute of the match. With a little luck, Tuizón's Amador Bartoleme got control of the ball when Emilio Gitano tried to sneak it across the goal line. Gonzalo Valentine showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aurelio Jurdan, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. 37 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mercedes AFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Silvano Tome was slow to take the kick. During this time Tuizón's players had a chance to rest. Silvano Tome made a great header on Tuizón's corner, it was just that Mercedes AFC's Gonzalo Valentine managed to reach the ball for a save. If Severino Ermengol had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Rodrigo Ilazki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 48 minutes into the match, Mercedes AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Rodrigo Ilazki came free, but Gonzalo Valentine reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

55 minutes into the match, Aurelio Jurdan dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Gonzalo Valentine, 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Silvano Tome got free with Gonzalo Valentine in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 69th match minute, Tuizón was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Severino Ermengol to maneuver through the defense. In the 71st minute, Bonifacio Vimaro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Amador Bartoleme was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Rodrigo Ilazki charged in rather forcefully in the 81st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rodrigo Ilazki the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teo Matthew in the 86th minute of play forced Mercedes AFC's goalkeeper Gonzalo Valentine to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Tuizón's Efrain Malvin got a free kick in the 87th minute. 90 minutes into the game, Joel Acuña cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Amador Bartoleme was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Rodrigo Ilazki received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Gonzalo Valentine tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tuizón's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.