League

Estadio Solís
Spectators: 7116 (Terracing: 5339, Seating: 1636, VIP seats: 141) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Pastor Rafe started the match with the kick off. Solís's Denis Lop played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mauricio Rosario in the 3rd minute of play. Evelio Jacindo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 6thth minute of the game Pastor Rafe who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Solís's Denis Lop was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 7th minute, Pastor Rafe left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The CHACO FOR EVER fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 11th minute Mauricio Rosario shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Denis Lop saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Pastor Rafe in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Denis Lop prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Solís's Denis Lop played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mauricio Rosario in the 24th minute of play. 33 minutes into the match, CHACO FOR EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Evelio Jacindo came free, but Evgeniy Ovchinnikov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 37 played minutes Solís got a freekick which was hit by Eduardo Bautista. When the match had gone on for 42 minutes, Evelio Jacindo took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Evgeniy Ovchinnikov to make any attempt to save it. Denis Lop took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pastor Rafe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 48th minute Mauricio Rosario shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Denis Lop saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Evelio Jacindo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Solís's attentive Alonzo Bras managed to snatch the ball when Tadeo Urbez made a throw-in in the 54th minute of the game. Denis Lop showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pastor Rafe, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. After 60 minutes, Julio Asier mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CHACO FOR EVER and the Solís players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Solís booed when CHACO FOR EVER was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Julio Asier didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 61st minute, Evelio Jacindo 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. Solís's Denis Lop proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save Solís from getting a goal against them. Pastor Rafe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Denis Lop having to interfere. In the 68th minute, Aquilino Emesto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Evelio Jacindo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mauricio Rosarios short, quick shot in the 77thth minute got Denis Lop to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 83 minutes into the match, Solís's goal looked a bit too open when Pastor Rafe came free, but Denis Lop reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Solís's Denis Lop played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pastor Rafe in the 84th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Pastor Rafe's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Denis Lop was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. Denis Lop was a little too slow when Pastor Rafe got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 91st minute. The score was now 1-3. In the 96th minute Pastor Rafe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Denis Lop saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The CHACO FOR EVER supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing CHACO FOR EVER would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.