League

Punta Cana
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Pablo Pacheco got the match started through his kick off. Gazcue 608 United's Alvin Bucher got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pablo Pacheco in the 11th minute of play forced Gazcue 608 United's goalkeeper Joel Cejas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 13th minute, Alvin Bucher 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. When Leonidas Ojeda fell near the penalty area in the 14th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Salcedo's protests and gave Leonidas Ojeda a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Salcedo's Leonidas Ojeda got a free kick in the 15th minute. 16 minutes into the match, Gazcue 608 United's Alvin Bucher sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arthur Friedman narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Hanley Seijas hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Arthur Friedman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matt Ureña, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. If Alvin Bucher had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Florencio Correa struck a weak shot in the 22nd minute. Arthur Friedman didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Gazcue 608 United. 27 minutes into the match, Salcedo's goalkeeper Arthur Friedman had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alvin Bucher. If Alvin Bucher had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Joel Cejas didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Salcedo's Pablo Pacheco shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 36th minute, Alvin Bucher fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Arthur Friedman made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alvin Bucher in the 38th minute. Arthur Friedman stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Matt Ureña's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. Alvin Bucher fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arthur Friedman having to interfere. In the 45th minute, Leonidas Ojeda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 46th minute Matt Ureña shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arthur Friedman 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Matt Ureña made a kick off. In the 51st minute, Florencio Correa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gazcue 608 United's Matt Ureña got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 56 minutes into the match, Salcedo's goal looked a bit too open when Alvin Bucher came free, but Arthur Friedman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Matt Ureña received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Arthur Friedman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arthur Friedman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matt Ureña, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. In the 71st match minute, Salcedo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hanley Seijas to maneuver through the defense. Joel Cejas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pablo Pacheco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Gazcue 608 United defense, Pablo Pacheco kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Joel Cejas. The Gazcue 608 United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Joel Cejas should have stopped the shot. In the 81st minute, Hanley Seijas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Joel Cejas made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Marcelo Armstrong sent off a good shot on target. Salcedo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Florencio Zavala in the 87th minute. Matt Ureña sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Alvin Bucher managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gazcue 608 United's supporters rose to their feet, but Alvin Bucher was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arthur Friedman breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Although Gazcue 608 United had been in control for most of the match, Salcedo still came away with the win.