League

Eustolia
Spectators: 6703 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1703, VIP seats: 0) Simon Virila made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 6thth minute of the game Enzo Cristofol who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Eustolia's Carlos Anaya was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ricardo Lizbeth charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ricardo Lizbeth the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Carlos Anaya came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by Victoria AFC's Prospero Santana. But to his dismay, Prospero Santana quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 13th minute Simon Virila shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Froilan Onbera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Carlos Anaya showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enzo Cristofol in the 15th minute of the match. After having played for 18 minutes, Enzo Cristofol managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Victoria AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Enzo Cristofol was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Prospero Santana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Enzo Cristofol's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carlos Anaya was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. A collision led to Eustolia getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Edgard Napier hit a great ball. If Prospero Santana had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eustolia's Carlos Anaya played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Prospero Santana in the 40th minute of play. Thanks to some nice moves Saverio Loco could shoot a difficult shot in the 43rd minute, which Froilan Onbera however easily saved by the left post. Simon Virila blasted a shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Froilan Onbera having to make a save. After the first half Victoria AFC were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Prospero Santana to make the kick off. Eustolia's Carlos Anaya proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save Eustolia from getting a goal against them. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 69th minute of the game. One of Eustolia:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Victoria AFC:s goal. Marco Marcones shot the penalty kick right outside the post. Carlos Anaya didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 73rd minute, which inside left pole to 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ricardo Lizbeth in the 78th minute of play forced Victoria AFC's goalkeeper Froilan Onbera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 81 minutes, Enzo Cristofol managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Victoria AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Enzo Cristofol was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ricardo Lizbeth hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Saverio Loco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Froilan Onbera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Saverio Loco's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Froilan Onbera read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 89th minute of play. Paolo Azubeli hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Eustolia's zone, Prospero Santana stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Carlos Anaya came out of the goal and Prospero Santana tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Eustolia's Edgard Napier got a free kick in the 98th minute. Ricardo Lizbeth was shown his second yellow card after 100 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After 101 played minutes Eustolia got a freekick which was hit by Ricardo Lizbeth. The Victoria AFC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Victoria AFC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.