League

Juan Roman Riquelme
Spectators: 7231 (Terracing: 5425, Seating: 1663, VIP seats: 143) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Eulalio Aimar got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, CHAPITA's Esteve Pelagius got a free kick in the 5th minute. Aranguren's Edgard Iruinea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eulalio Aimar in the 8th minute of play. In the 9th minute of the match CHAPITA got a corner. Aranguren's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Esteve Pelagius ran over to the corner to take the kick. When CHAPITA's Eulalio Aimar in the 11th minute got a chance for a shot 11th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Aranguren's goalie prevented a goal. Remigio Asteri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Edgard Iruinea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Eulalio Aimar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edgard Iruinea was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. Remigio Asteri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edgard Iruinea having to interfere. In the 32nd match minute, Aranguren was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eleuterio Orlandus to maneuver through the defense. Edgard Iruinea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eulalio Aimar, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Eulalio Aimar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eulalio Aimar was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 46th minute. CHAPITA's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. After a rather tough play, Aranguren's Aristides Orlandus got a free kick in the 47th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Omar Ekaitz to make the kick off. Esteve Pelagius charged in rather forcefully in the 53rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Esteve Pelagius the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Esteve Pelagius hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Eulalio Aimar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luciano Cugat could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Raimundo Rafe made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet as Aranguren's Luciano Cugat slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Raimundo Rafe. That made the score 0-1 after 58 minutes of play. With an all-out effort, Aranguren's Raimundo Rafe threw himself towards the right post 61 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Omar Ekaitz, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With a little luck, CHAPITA's Raimundo Rafe got control of the ball when Luciano Cugat tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Luciano Cugat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Remigio Asteri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edgard Iruinea having to interfere. Eulalio Aimar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Edgard Iruinea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Edgard Iruinea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eulalio Aimar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 92nd minute, Luciano Cugat hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see CHAPITA lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.