Tierra de Campeones
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ramon Cheche made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka booed when Club Deportivo Xpertin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Julián Asmussen didn't get a good kick on the ball. 6 minutes into the game, Club Deportivo Xpertin's Michael De Leger nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kepa Arrizabalaga made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Kepa Arrizabalaga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tauro Ahues in the 9th minute of the match. Colon Chirivoga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kepa Arrizabalaga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michael De Leger in the 14th minute of the match. In the 18th minute, Oriol Dagnino sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's Kepa Arrizabalaga didn't even have to move. 23 minutes into the match, Héctor Gajardo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kepa Arrizabalaga. Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Héctor Gajardo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Héctor Gajardo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Club Deportivo Xpertin's supporters rose to their feet, but Héctor Gajardo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kepa Arrizabalaga breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's Kepa Arrizabalaga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tauro Ahues in the 29th minute of play. 34 minutes into the game, Tauro Ahues cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Kepa Arrizabalaga was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Héctor Gajardo in the 38th minute of play forced Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kepa Arrizabalaga didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Michael De Leger went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. 44 minutes into the game, Club Deportivo Xpertin's Tauro Ahues nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kepa Arrizabalaga made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.
An unexpectedly hard shot by Michael De Leger in the 53rd minute of play forced Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 57 played minutes Club Deportivo Xpertin got a freekick which was hit by Héctor Gajardo. Kepa Arrizabalaga made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Héctor Gajardo sent off a good shot on target. In the 63rd minute, Colon Chirivoga ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Savier Arco was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5. In the 67th minute of the match, Michael De Leger tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Kepa Arrizabalaga saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Kepa Arrizabalaga was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Tauro Ahues showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-6 in the 70 minute of play. Héctor Gajardo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ramon Cheche during the 77th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Kepa Arrizabalaga acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 78th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Oriol Dagnino. Kepa Arrizabalaga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michael De Leger, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. The audience was convinced that Tauro Ahues's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kepa Arrizabalaga was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. Oriol Dagnino, 83 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Tauro Ahues hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Colon Chirivoga in the 85th minute of play forced Club Deportivo Xpertin's goalkeeper Savier Arco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Club Deportivo Xpertin's Michael De Leger slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Kepa Arrizabalaga. That made the score 1-7 after 88 minutes of play. Club Deportivo Xpertin's Savier Arco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Colon Chirivoga in the 95th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Club Deportivo Xpertin left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka.
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