League

Cúpula del Trueno
Spectators: 9194 (Terracing: 6897, Seating: 2114, VIP seats: 183) Athletico Picapedrense's Hristo Stoichkov 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. 3 minutes into the match, Meliana's goalkeeper Marco-Antonio Nunez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hristo Stoichkov. 4 minutes into the match, Hristo Stoichkov dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Marco-Antonio Nunez, 1-0. Athletico Picapedrense's Jesus Sayveon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lucjan Penkalski in the 9th minute of play. 12 minutes into the match, Meliana's goal looked a bit too open when Coronel Ribas came free, but Marco-Antonio Nunez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 13th minute Hristo Stoichkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco-Antonio Nunez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Meliana's Radamel Falcão got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jesus Sayveon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juli Alvarez, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucjan Penkalski in the 21st minute of play forced Athletico Picapedrense's goalkeeper Jesus Sayveon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Athletico Picapedrense's Jesus Sayveon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juli Alvarez in the 23rd minute of play. 27 minutes into the game, Lorenz Santos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Jesus Sayveon was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Hristo Stoichkov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco-Antonio Nunez was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Marco-Antonio Nunez stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hristo Stoichkov's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. In the 31st minute Athletico Picapedrense were awarded a corner. Cristo Uria went to the cornerflag to take it. Meliana's Marco-Antonio Nunez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Meliana from getting a goal against them. Jesus Sayveon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucjan Penkalski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Meliana's Lorenz Santos was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jesus Sayveon in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Lucjan Penkalski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jesus Sayveon having to interfere. With a little luck, Meliana's Marco-Antonio Nunez got control of the ball when Hristo Stoichkov tried to sneak it across the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Juli Alvarez to make the kick off. Jesus Sayveon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Radamel Falcão, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jesus Sayveon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juli Alvarez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Athletico Picapedrense made a substitution. 邱浩川 replaced Lorenzo Jubera. Lucjan Penkalski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Jesus Sayveon made a huge save. When Geoffrey Dutton fell near the penalty area in the 68th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Athletico Picapedrense's protests and gave Geoffrey Dutton a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Athletico Picapedrense's Geoffrey Dutton got a free kick in the 68th minute. After 73 played minutes Meliana got a freekick which was hit by Will Appleton. Marco-Antonio Nunez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eloi Fontanella in the 75th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Coronel Ribas in the 76th minute of play forced Meliana's goalkeeper Marco-Antonio Nunez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Juli Alvarez came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the Meliana 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 Juli Alvarez couldn't finish the play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lucjan Penkalski got free with Jesus Sayveon in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 83rd minute, Lucjan Penkalski 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. 85 minutes into the game, Lucjan Penkalski recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Jesus Sayveon. Lucjan Penkalski showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-3. In the 89th minute Cristo Uria shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco-Antonio Nunez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marco-Antonio Nunez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eloi Fontanella in the 95th minute of the match. Meliana played a much better game than Athletico Picapedrense and deserved their victory. The Athletico Picapedrense players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.