League

Higbury Stadium
Spectators: 7203 (Terracing: 5404, Seating: 1656, VIP seats: 143) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Santos Gilen took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 20th minute, German Alvarez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 22nd minute Eugenio Orlondo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adan Naelio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, German Alvarez managed to get in a good position for a shot. arsenal AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but German Alvarez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Justino Frasquito breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 28th minute German Alvarez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Justino Frasquito saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that German Alvarez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Justino Frasquito was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. Santos Gilen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Justino Frasquito tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eugenio Orlondo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. German Alvarez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Paulino Ibañez took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Adan Naelio. Adan Naelio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Justino Frasquito made an important save on a dangerous shot by German Alvarez in the 59th minute. Adan Naelio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eugenio Orlondo in the 64th minute of play. The supporters of Arsenal F.C. booed when arsenal AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roberto Joachim didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 66 minutes, Paulino Ibañez managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Arsenal F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Paulino Ibañez was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Santos Gilen in the 72nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Justino Frasquito saved Arsenal F.C. from getting behind. German Alvarez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Justino Frasquito tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Paulino Ibañez in the 76th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Adan Naelio saved arsenal AFC from getting behind. Julio Panpili kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Adan Naelio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abelardo Ganix, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in arsenal AFC's zone, Gogo Pitin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Adan Naelio came out of the goal and Gogo Pitin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulino Ibañez in the 91st minute of play forced arsenal AFC's goalkeeper Adan Naelio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 92 played minutes Arsenal F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Martin Gonsalvo. German Alvarez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Justino Frasquito having to interfere. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.