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Match Report
Miraflores
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25,
Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Miraflores's Lisandro Hernandez started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Lorenzo Santiago received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Ismael Ovando tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Miraflores's Ismael Ovando played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lorenzo Santiago in the 18th minute of play. 22 minutes into the match, Belloco's goalkeeper Santos Lopez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Astor Kauldi. Lisandro Hernandez struck a weak shot in the 24th minute. Santos Lopez didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Miraflores. Santos Lopez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lisandro Hernandez, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. In the 31st minute, Horacio Atarrabi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Santos Lopez was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lorenzo Santiago in the 34th minute of play forced Miraflores's goalkeeper Ismael Ovando to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ismael Ovando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lorenzo Santiago in the 44th minute of the match. Aurelio Diaz's late challenge caught a Belloco's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aurelio Diaz helped the player get up and apologised. Aurelio Diaz kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. A collision led to Miraflores getting a freekick after 48 minutes play. Baldomero Totakoxe hit a great ball.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Aaron Gumaro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Horacio Atarrabi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Santos Lopez having to interfere. Santos Lopez came out of the goal in the 57th minute to try and stop a shot by Miraflores's Lisandro Hernandez. But to his dismay, Lisandro Hernandez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. After 60 played minutes Miraflores got a freekick which was hit by Astor Celio. If Horacio Atarrabi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 69th minute, Lorenzo Santiago 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. Santos Lopez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lisandro Hernandez in the 72nd minute of play. Lisandro Hernandez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Santos Lopez having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Miraflores's Astor Celio got a free kick in the 79th minute. 82 minutes into the match, Miraflores's Horacio Atarrabi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Santos Lopez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Nicolas Lia came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Belloco fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Nicolas Lia couldn't finish the play. After 90 minutes, Astor Kauldi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Miraflores and the Belloco players grew even worse after the yellow card. Santos Lopez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Horacio Atarrabi in the 95th minute of play. When Arturo Gilesindo fell near the penalty area in the 96th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Belloco's protests and gave Arturo Gilesindo a yellow card for diving instead. Arturo Gilesindo kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. Santos Lopez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Horacio Atarrabi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 99 minutes, Aaron Gumaro took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for Ismael Ovando to make any attempt to save it. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.
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