League

Francia
Spectators: 6713 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Eduardo Acharan took the kick off in the first half of the match. 8 minutes into the match, Demesio Le Fort notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of BULLaLoLeN's Zoltan Gschwind. Zoltan Gschwind was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ernani Alves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Jose Maria Cavareda tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jose Maria Cavareda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niels-Jan Doll in the 17th minute of the match. In the 19th minute, Ernani Alves ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jose Maria Cavareda was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Ernani Alves blasted a shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jose Maria Cavareda having to make a save. After a defensive mix-up in Francia's zone, Belmiro Schiappacasse stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jose Maria Cavareda came out of the goal and Belmiro Schiappacasse tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Ernani Alves's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jose Maria Cavareda was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. In the 29th minute Niels-Jan Doll shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jose Maria Cavareda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 37 minutes into the game, BULLaLoLeN's Ernani Alves nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jose Maria Cavareda made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. Ernani Alves recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 41st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 42nd minute, Ernani Alves made a precise shot to the right of Jose Maria Cavareda. Francia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-4. In the 47th match minute, BULLaLoLeN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Niels-Jan Doll to maneuver through the defense. Disappointed in the 1-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ernani Alves was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Tinguaro Benavides hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jose Maria Cavareda made an important save on a dangerous shot by Valentino Bustillos in the 53rd minute. BULLaLoLeN's Niels-Jan Doll got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jose Maria Cavareda made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ernani Alves in the 62nd minute. Ernani Alves didn't miss a given chance and shot in short distance 1-6 via right post in the game's 66th minute. BULLaLoLeN's supporters showed their exhuberating excitement! BULLaLoLeN's Xabel Valenzuela managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Eriberto Aulestia in the 69 minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Ernani Alves took a quick shot and it went in 1-7 without a chance for Jose Maria Cavareda to make any attempt to save it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ernani Alves got free with Jose Maria Cavareda in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Ernani Alves managed to get in a good position for a shot. BULLaLoLeN's supporters rose to their feet, but Ernani Alves was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jose Maria Cavareda breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 87 played minutes Francia got a freekick which was hit by Paco Gabler. In the 88th minute, Ernani Alves 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. Belmiro Schiappacasse sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in BULLaLoLeN's zone, Eduardo Acharan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zoltan Gschwind came out of the goal and Eduardo Acharan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ernani Alves's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 95thth minute, Jose Maria Cavareda skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When the match was over BULLaLoLeN could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Francia throughout the match.