League

Queilen
Spectators: 7349 (Terracing: 5512, Seating: 1690, VIP seats: 147) Val Mioño sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 11 minutes into the match, Queilen's goal looked a bit too open when Ursino Montalva came free, but Adolfo Lama reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Val Mioño's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Adolfo Lama was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Paulino Avalos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amado Zammit, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. When Ursino Montalva came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Macal AFC 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 Ursino Montalva couldn't finish the play. Adolfo Lama made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ursino Montalva in the 23rd minute of play. Ursino Montalva received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Adolfo Lama tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Adolfo Lama stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ursino Montalva's shot from short distance in the 26th minute. Macal AFC's Val Mioño got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Macal AFC's Paulino Avalos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Macal AFC from getting a goal against them. In the 33rd match minute, Queilen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amado Zammit to maneuver through the defense. After 34 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Queilen! The referee gave Macal AFC a penalty, 35 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Eugenio Giagier, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Queilen's Adolfo Lama. 0-1. With a little luck, Macal AFC's Paulino Avalos got control of the ball when Domenico Mella tried to sneak it across the goal line. Val Mioño sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 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 Amado Zammit to make the kick off. If Ursino Montalva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 60th minute Amado Zammit shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulino Avalos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Adolfo Lama managed to avoid a goal in the 70thth minute, when Macal AFC's Ursino Montalva fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Val Mioño managed to get in a good position for a shot. Macal AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Val Mioño was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Adolfo Lama breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Val Mioño in the 73rd minute of play forced Queilen's goalkeeper Adolfo Lama to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 74 minutes, Domenico Mella managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Queilen's supporters crossed their fingers, but Domenico Mella was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Paulino Avalos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Domenico Mella, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. In the 78th minute, Amado Zammit made a precise shot to the right of Paulino Avalos. Macal AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. In the 82nd minute, Cristofer Paternost hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Amado Zammit's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Paulino Avalos was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. After having played for 85 minutes, Amado Zammit managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Queilen's supporters crossed their fingers, but Amado Zammit was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fabio Marull's late challenge caught a Queilen's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fabio Marull helped the player get up and apologised. In the 87th minute, Fabio Marull hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 91st match minute, Macal AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eugenio Giagier to maneuver through the defense. Paulino Avalos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amado Zammit in the 93rd minute of play.