League

Rungrado 1st of May
Spectators: 8459 (Terracing: 6345, Seating: 1945, VIP seats: 169) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ramiro James started the match with the kick off. Guilabertus Martinez made in the 2nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Henric Villaquiran however managed to control. In the 3rd match minute, April 25 SC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ionel Zărnescu to maneuver through the defense. Ren Xi Chen could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but Naldo Roig made a huge save. Naldo Roig made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Ramiro James sent off a good shot on target. In the 12th minute Ramiro James shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Naldo Roig saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sergio Romero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gaskon Gimeno, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Sergio Romero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gaskon Gimeno, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind Picanya FC's goalkeeper Naldo Roig, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 23rd minute, Ren Xi Chen 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramiro James in the 25th minute of play forced Picanya FC's goalkeeper Naldo Roig to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute of the match April 25 SC got a corner. Picanya FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Antoni Augustyn ran over to the corner to take the kick. Sergio Romero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henric Villaquiran in the 28th minute of the match. Sergio Romero didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gaskon Gimeno went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 37th minute, one of April 25 SC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for April 25 SC. April 25 SC:s Sergio Romero showed great skill when he stopped Henric Villaquiran:s penalty. Naldo Roig made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ren Xi Chen in the 43rd minute. After 47 played minutes Picanya FC got a freekick which was hit by Desiderio Elias. A hard shot by Antoni Augustyn from long distance, 48 minutes into the match, got Naldo Roig's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Henric Villaquiran was the one to do the kick off. Guilabertus Martinez made in the 59th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by April 25 SC's Cristo Marques. Henric Villaquiran who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 60thth minute tested the skills of Sergio Romero when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Henric Villaquiran could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Sergio Romero made a huge save. 63 minutes into the game, April 25 SC's Ren Xi Chen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Naldo Roig made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. April 25 SC's Michel Platini was substituted for Antoni Augustyn. April 25 SC's Sergio Romero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gregory Bermejo in the 74th minute of play. Naldo Roig showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ramiro James in the 76th minute of the match. Picanya FC made a substitution. Jonathan Reina replaced Henric Villaquiran. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by Picanya FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Färhad Cämilov was slow to take the kick. During this time April 25 SC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Färhad Cämilov got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Naldo Roig quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Picanya FC's Naldo Roig played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ramiro James in the 82nd minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gregory Bermejo in the 83rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sergio Romero prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ren Xi Chen scored 2-1 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Naldo Roig, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Picanya FC made a substitution. Tauro Parra replaced Gregory Bermejo. Naldo Roig showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ren Xi Chen in the 92nd minute of the match. April 25 SC's Sergio Romero proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save April 25 SC from getting a goal against them. Picanya FC's Naldo Roig played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ramiro James in the 96th minute of play.