League

EL HORNO
Spectators: 7174 (Terracing: 5382, Seating: 1650, VIP seats: 142) PASTAFRULA FC's Patricio Muno started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Muhittin Oyum made an important save on a dangerous shot by Patricio Muno in the 3rd minute. Venancio Silbestre's late challenge caught a PASTAFRULA FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Venancio Silbestre helped the player get up and apologised. Venancio Silbestre hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. El Leon FC's Muhittin Oyum played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patricio Muno in the 12th minute of play. Patricio Muno kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. In the 16th minute, Venancio Silbestre made a precise shot to the right of Franco Armani. PASTAFRULA FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. PASTAFRULA FC's Raimundo Navarro quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Elvio Cordero, made in the 22nd minute of the game. Franco Armani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Venancio Silbestre in the 24th minute of play. Patricio Muno's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 27thth minute, Muhittin Oyum skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Franco Armani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Venancio Silbestre, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. In the 32nd match minute, PASTAFRULA FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anastasio Hitz to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ariel Stanislao during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of PASTAFRULA FC booed when El Leon FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ariel Stanislao didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Patricio Muno's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Muhittin Oyum was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. Alberto Lando fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Franco Armani having to interfere. Franco Armani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Venancio Silbestre in the 41st minute of play. In the 45th minute Alberto Lando shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franco Armani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Venancio Silbestre to make the kick off. After 51 played minutes PASTAFRULA FC got a freekick which was hit by Raimundo Navarro. Eusebio Senin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, PASTAFRULA FC's Raimundo Navarro got a free kick in the 55th minute. Nelson Cardoso charged in rather forcefully in the 58th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nelson Cardoso the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, El Leon FC's Nelson Cardoso got a free kick in the 59th minute. When Justino Demario came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the PASTAFRULA 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 Justino Demario couldn't finish the play. After 62 minutes, Patricio Muno mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the PASTAFRULA FC and the El Leon FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to PASTAFRULA FC getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Patricio Muno hit a great ball. A collision led to PASTAFRULA FC getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Anastasio Hitz hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Muno in the 68th minute of play forced El Leon FC's goalkeeper Muhittin Oyum to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 68thth minute of the game Patricio Muno who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but El Leon FC's Muhittin Oyum was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 69th match minute, PASTAFRULA FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Raimundo Navarro to maneuver through the defense. Franco Armani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nelson Cardoso in the 73rd minute of play. A throw-in in the 75th minute of the game was made by Eusebio Senin with Efrain Efraim as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. If Andres Fertus had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Franco Armani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Venancio Silbestre, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Muhittin Oyum made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Justino Demario in the 82nd minute of play. In the 84th minute, Patricio Muno left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The PASTAFRULA FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. In the 93rd minute, Baltasar Sengrat hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. El Leon FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.