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Match Report
Sabanita
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The audience was convinced that Lano Gaviria's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Xano Antecha was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Xano Antecha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oriche Villaquiran in the 6th minute of play. Lano Gaviria sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Sabanita's Paulo Portugal got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Xano Antecha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lano Gaviria in the 14th minute of the match. Xano Antecha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matxin Mandojana in the 16th minute of play. In the 19th minute, Lano Gaviria 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lano Gaviria in the 26th minute of play forced Sabanita's goalkeeper Xano Antecha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abilio Melo got free with Eyague Rioseras in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Eyague Rioseras was a little too slow when Paulo Portugal got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 38th minute. The score was now 2-0. Lano Gaviria fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xano Antecha having to interfere.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Paulo Portugal stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 54 minutes, Cordarin Somonte mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sabanita and the Contry FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 54th minute, Cordarin Somonte hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Contry FC's Monico Trilla couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 55th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Sabanita. Cebo Garoña kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Contry FC defense, Paulo Portugal kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eyague Rioseras. The Contry FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eyague Rioseras should have stopped the shot. Lonzo Izaguirre hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Lonzo Izaguirre took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 75th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Eyague Rioseras. Contry FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Bernardo Galindez's late challenge caught a Contry FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bernardo Galindez helped the player get up and apologised. In the 82nd minute, Bernardo Galindez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eyague Rioseras made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abilio Melo in the 86th minute of play. Abilio Melo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Sabanita were victorious despite being under pressure from Contry FC for much of the match.
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