League

Diego Montarcé
Spectators: 7206 (Terracing: 5406, Seating: 1657, VIP seats: 143) Dopamina Social Club's Dionisio Palban started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Edgardo Manex showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luisito Chepe in the 3rd minute of the match. If Dionisio Palban had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 8th minute, Enrique Buinton ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edgardo Manex was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Edgardo Manex made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Enrique Buinton in the 12th minute of play. Orlando Salomon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Severiano Saturnin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 21 minutes into the game, Ramon Maldonado was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Dopamina Social Club's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Anfama AFC the free kick. A collision led to Dopamina Social Club getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Ramon Maldonado hit a great ball. Roberto Procopio, 21 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Orlando Salomon kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 26thth minute. Though ot was a great shot Anfama AFC's keeper Severiano Saturnin was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luisito Chepe in the 28th minute of play forced Dopamina Social Club's goalkeeper Edgardo Manex to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 31st minute of the game. One of Anfama AFC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Dopamina Social Club:s goal. The referee gave Dopamina Social Club a penalty, 33 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Baltasar Boni, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Anfama AFC's Severiano Saturnin. 1-2. Edgardo Manex showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luisito Chepe, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Enrique Buinton received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Edgardo Manex tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The wind increased when Luisito Chepe made the kick off in the second half. With his leg Edgardo Manex managed to avoid a goal in the 51stth minute, when Anfama AFC's Enrique Buinton fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 57th minute Dionisio Palban shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Severiano Saturnin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luisito Chepe blasted a shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Edgardo Manex having to make a save. Edgardo Manex showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luisito Chepe in the 61st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dionisio Palban in the 63rd minute of play forced Anfama AFC's goalkeeper Severiano Saturnin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th match minute, Dopamina Social Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Osvaldo Ursino to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Dopamina Social Club's Osvaldo Ursino got a free kick in the 67th minute. Roberto Procopio was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 68th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. The supporters of Dopamina Social Club booed when Anfama AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Oscar Benat didn't get a good kick on the ball. 77 minutes into the match, Dopamina Social Club's goal looked a bit too open when Luisito Chepe came free, but Edgardo Manex reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 82 minutes into the match, Dopamina Social Club's goalkeeper Edgardo Manex had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Enrique Buinton. When the match had gone on for 83 minutes, Luisito Chepe took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Edgardo Manex to make any attempt to save it. After having played for 88 minutes, Enrique Buinton managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Anfama AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Enrique Buinton was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Edgardo Manex made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Enrique Buinton sent off a good shot on target. 96 minutes into the game, Anfama AFC's Saverio Ferrando nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Edgardo Manex made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. The Anfama AFC players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.