League

Palermo
Spectators: 7280 (Terracing: 5462, Seating: 1674, VIP seats: 144) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Danilo Dayam kicked off to start the match. Everardo Silviano charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Everardo Silviano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to CRUZ AZUL getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Everardo Silviano hit a great ball. CRUZ AZUL's Marcelino Ixona got a good chance for a goal in the 6th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 11th minute, Guido Alonso reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Marcelo Elia. The goal made the score 1-0. Marcelo Elia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Danilo Dayam in the 14th minute of play. Marcelo Elia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Danilo Dayam, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 17th minute of the match, Danilo Dayam tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Marcelo Elia saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Ariel Errolan kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. Feliciano Boniel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marcelino Ixona's shot from short distance in the 20th minute. Marcelo Elia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Danilo Dayam, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. If Marcelino Ixona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 32nd minute, Everardo Silviano 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. Fernando Rik sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marcelo Elia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guido Alonso in the 37th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guido Alonso in the 39th minute of play forced CRUZ AZUL's goalkeeper Marcelo Elia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fernando Rik succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 41st playminute. After 46 minutes, Danilo Dayam made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. CRUZ AZUL's Marcelo Elia tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Marcelino Ixona made a kick off. After a rather tough play, CRUZ AZUL's Mauricio Deunoro got a free kick in the 51st minute. Marcelo Elia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Danilo Dayam, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Marcelo Elia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fernando Rik in the 72nd minute of the match. If Baltasar Erramu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. CRUZ AZUL's Isidro Osorio was substituted for Mauricio Deunoro. CRUZ AZUL's Bruno Bazil was substituted for Everardo Silviano. In the 79th minute, Fernando Rik ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcelo Elia was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. Nunez Abel lost his temper 83 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 82 minutes into the game, one of CRUZ AZUL:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After 89 minutes, Isidro Osorio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CRUZ AZUL and the ATLETICO INTER DE TIJUANA players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, CRUZ AZUL's Isidro Osorio got a free kick in the 89th minute. Isidro Osorios short, quick shot in the 92ndth minute got Feliciano Boniel to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 95 minutes into the match, Ariel Errolan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcelo Elia. CRUZ AZUL's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ariel Errolan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. In the 99thth minute of the game Baltasar Erramu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ATLETICO INTER DE TIJUANA's Feliciano Boniel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.