League

The Palace
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Eliseo Furman took the kick off in the first half of the match. Bernardino Dolcet could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Cristo Demesio made a huge save. Cristo Demesio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fabian Bordat, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Eliseo Furman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Guzzi defense, Eliseo Furman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luciano Beremundo. The Guzzi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luciano Beremundo should have stopped the shot. After recieving a nice pass, Esther's Nunez Aurre tried to score from far away in the 17th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Eliseo Furman might have been able to make a better finish in the 19th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Luciano Beremundo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Eliseo Furman ran back to his position shaking his head. After a defensive mix-up in Guzzi's zone, Eliseo Furman stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luciano Beremundo came out of the goal and Eliseo Furman tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Alvaro Macias received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Luciano Beremundo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luciano Beremundo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alvaro Macias in the 28th minute of play. Esther's Cristo Demesio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabian Bordat in the 29th minute of play. In the 31st minute Fabian Bordat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristo Demesio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luciano Beremundo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eliseo Furman in the 33rd minute of the match. 34 minutes into the game, Esther's Eliseo Furman nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Luciano Beremundo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Silvano Aritza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Cristo Demesio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 46th minute, Silvano Aritza 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. Silvano Aritza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristo Demesio having to interfere.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Fabian Bordat to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Esther's goal looked a bit too open when Silvano Aritza came free, but Cristo Demesio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquin Mark in the 56th minute of play forced Esther's goalkeeper Cristo Demesio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristo Demesio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silvano Aritza in the 57th minute of play. In the 59th minute, Silvano Aritza ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristo Demesio was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Guzzi's Luciano Beremundo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Guzzi from getting a goal against them. 67 minutes into the match, Esther's goal looked a bit too open when Fabian Bordat came free, but Cristo Demesio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Fabian Bordat managed to get in a good position for a shot. Guzzi's supporters rose to their feet, but Fabian Bordat was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cristo Demesio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 74th minute, Fabian Bordat 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 77 minutes of play, Guzzi's Fabian Bordat made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cristo Demesio was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 81st match minute, Guzzi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Florentino Magdaleno to maneuver through the defense. Guzzi's Luciano Beremundo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Guzzi from getting a goal against them. In the 86th minute, Esther's Eliseo Furman ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Luciano Beremundo. Luciano Beremundo yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-3. If Alvaro Macias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alvaro Macias received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Luciano Beremundo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Guzzi supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Esther's performance. The match ended with a win for Esther.