League

Merced
Spectators: 7077 (Terracing: 5416, Seating: 1661, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Arsenio Bakar took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 2 minutes, Lucas Llanos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Romang and the Merced players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Romang booed when Merced was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Benedicto Sayvion didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the Merced defense, Arsenio Bakar kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Angelo Rencio. The Merced fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Angelo Rencio should have stopped the shot. In the 19th minute of the match Pablo Txindoki shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Angelo Rencio showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Angelo Rencio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arsenio Bakar in the 20th minute of the match. Gerardo Giraldo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Mendiko having to interfere. Romang's Generoso Ondino managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Eliseo Fernandes in the 24 minute of the game. During the 25th minute of the match Lucas Llanos completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Lucas Llanos a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The supporters of Merced booed when Romang was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lucas Llanos didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Romang getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Pablo Txindoki hit a great ball. Gerardo Giraldo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Mendiko having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerardo Giraldo in the 37th minute of play forced Romang's goalkeeper Pedro Mendiko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 45th minute, Arsenio Bakar made a precise shot to the right of Angelo Rencio. Merced's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

In the 53rd minute Arsenio Bakar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Angelo Rencio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arsenio Bakar struck a weak shot in the 58th minute. Angelo Rencio didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Romang. Arsenio Bakar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 62ndth minute of the game Arsenio Bakar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Merced's Angelo Rencio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of Merced booed when Romang was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pablo Txindoki didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pedro Mendiko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerardo Giraldo in the 68th minute of play. Gerardo Giraldo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 82nd minute, Arsenio Bakar 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. If Gerardo Giraldo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerardo Giraldo in the 91st minute of play forced Romang's goalkeeper Pedro Mendiko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Arsenio Bakar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Although Merced had been in control for most of the match, Romang still came away with the win.