League

Estadio Ibagué
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5875, Seating: 1575, VIP seats: 50) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Noe Boher made the kick off which started today's match. Gaitan Caliz scored 0-1 in the 3rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gerardo Martines, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Gerardo Martines showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gaitan Caliz, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Evaristo Herquinigo took the ball and in the 7 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gerardo Martines. Gerardo Martines dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. 12 minutes into the match, Deportivo Tolima Ibagué's goal looked a bit too open when Gaitan Caliz came free, but Gerardo Martines reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gerardo Martines showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ziad Rhanem in the 13th minute of the match. 14 minutes into the game, Lomalinda's Eduardo Neila nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gerardo Martines made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. 18 minutes into the match, Eduardo Neila notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Deportivo Tolima Ibagué's Gerardo Martines. Gerardo Martines was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gerardo Martines took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gaitan Caliz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 28 minutes into the match, Eduardo Neila had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gerardo Martines. Deportivo Tolima Ibagué's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eduardo Neila was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. Gerardo Martines took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Evaristo Herquinigo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eduardo Neila blasted a shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gerardo Martines having to make a save. In the 36th match minute, Lomalinda was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nafarroa Pinillos to maneuver through the defense. In the 37th minute, Evaristo Herquinigo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gerardo Martines was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-8. Gerardo Martines showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evaristo Herquinigo in the 41st minute of the match. 45 minutes into the match, Deportivo Tolima Ibagué's goal looked a bit too open when Gaitan Caliz came free, but Gerardo Martines reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Deportivo Tolima Ibagué defense, Eduardo Neila kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gerardo Martines. The Deportivo Tolima Ibagué fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gerardo Martines should have stopped the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-9 lead.

The wind increased when Gaitan Caliz made the kick off in the second half. Gaitan Caliz succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-10 in the 53rd playminute. Evaristo Herquinigo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gerardo Martines having to interfere. After 58 minutes of play, Lomalinda's Eduardo Neila made it 0-11 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gerardo Martines was left in no man's land by his defense there! 60 minutes into the game, Lomalinda's Evaristo Herquinigo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gerardo Martines made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-12. Gerardo Martines was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Eduardo Neila showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-13 in the 67 minute of play. 73 minutes into the game, Eduardo Neila lined in a short shot 0-15 behind a frustrated Gerardo Martines. The supporters of Lomalinda booed when Deportivo Tolima Ibagué was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sasoin Fase didn't get a good kick on the ball. Osoro Cordoba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Formerio Cimas in the 79th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 80 minutes, Eduardo Neila took a quick shot and it went in 0-16 without a chance for Gerardo Martines to make any attempt to save it. 83 minutes into the game, Gaitan Caliz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-17. Gerardo Martines was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gaitan Caliz in the 90th minute of play forced Deportivo Tolima Ibagué's goalkeeper Gerardo Martines to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 92 minutes, Gaitan Caliz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lomalinda's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gaitan Caliz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aaron Soriano in the 94th minute of play forced Deportivo Tolima Ibagué's goalkeeper Gerardo Martines to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Deportivo Tolima Ibagué's Gerardo Martines proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save Deportivo Tolima Ibagué from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Eduardo Neila kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gerardo Martines. That made the score 0-19 in the 98 minute of play. Lomalinda played a much better game than Deportivo Tolima Ibagué and deserved their victory. The Deportivo Tolima Ibagué players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.