League

Ricardo Arena
Spectators: 7183 (Terracing: 5389, Seating: 1652, VIP seats: 142) Teo Benino made the kick off and thus started the match. Haroldo Oriche's late challenge caught a S.D. Colonia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Haroldo Oriche helped the player get up and apologised. After 3 played minutes Ricardo FC got a freekick which was hit by Haroldo Oriche. 8 minutes into the match, Ricardo FC's Delmar Isusko sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jaime Farias narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 12th minute, S.D. Colonia's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Godfredo Mikeldi fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. When Delmar Isusko came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Ricardo FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Delmar Isusko couldn't finish the play. S.D. Colonia's Jaime Farias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Delmar Isusko in the 15th minute of play. Godfredo Mikeldis short, quick shot in the 16thth minute got Jaime Farias to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. When Delmar Isusko came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Ricardo FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Delmar Isusko couldn't finish the play. Jaime Farias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Delmar Isusko, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Cleto George received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Humberto Arlo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Humberto Arlo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teo Benino, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. When Cleto George came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the S.D. Colonia fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Cleto George couldn't finish the play. Godfredo Mikeldi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jaime Farias having to make a save. In the 44th minute Delmar Isusko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jaime Farias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Delmar Isusko came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the Ricardo FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Delmar Isusko couldn't finish the play. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Delmar Isusko made a kick off. Cleto George scored 0-1 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Humberto Arlo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Cleto George came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the S.D. Colonia fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Cleto George couldn't finish the play. In the 73rd minute Delmar Isusko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jaime Farias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Humberto Arlo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Teo Benino in the 76th minute of play. After 78 played minutes Ricardo FC got a freekick which was hit by Rogelio Bartoleme. Delmar Isusko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gilberto Dimo kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. Delmar Isusko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Teo Benino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Humberto Arlo having to interfere. In a very dangerous position, a player in Ricardo FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 96th minute. Penalty! In the 98th minute there was a penalty for S.D. Colonia. Jeremias Evangelista stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Humberto Arlo. 0-2. The S.D. Colonia supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing S.D. Colonia would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.