League

Gigante de Medellín
Spectators: 8007 (Terracing: 6007, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Martino Jauregui kicked off to start the match. Vexat Drac Railway Club's Fe Roman pulled a muscle in his leg after 4 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Domeka Montiel's late challenge caught a Vexat Drac Railway Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Domeka Montiel helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Kraken getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Domeka Montiel hit a great ball. If Martino Jauregui had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Martino Jauregui managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kraken's supporters rose to their feet, but Martino Jauregui was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Noé Llorente breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Martino Jauregui had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Abel Barberá's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Yosua Paredes firmly grabbed it by the left post. After some careless play in the Kraken defense, Juan Antonio Pizzi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Yosua Paredes. The Kraken fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Yosua Paredes should have stopped the shot. Javier Unzueta hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Martino Jauregui received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Noé Llorente tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 30th minute Juan Antonio Pizzi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yosua Paredes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yosua Paredes was a little too slow when Juan Antonio Pizzi got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 31st minute. The score was now 2-0. When Abel Barberá fell near the penalty area in the 34th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Vexat Drac Railway Club's protests and gave Abel Barberá a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Vexat Drac Railway Club getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Abel Barberá hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cambranes Navas in the 38th minute of play forced Kraken's goalkeeper Yosua Paredes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juan Antonio Pizzi in the 42nd minute of play forced Kraken's goalkeeper Yosua Paredes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yosua Paredes made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Abel Barberá sent off a good shot on target. Yosua Paredes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juan Antonio Pizzi in the 45th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Kraken's Lorenzo Toledo got a free kick in the 46th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Juan Antonio Pizzi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the game, Vexat Drac Railway Club's Cambranes Navas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Yosua Paredes made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. In the 71st minute, Lorenzo Toledo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abel Barberá in the 76th minute of play forced Kraken's goalkeeper Yosua Paredes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juan Antonio Pizzi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Yosua Paredes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 84 minutes into the match, Kraken's goal looked a bit too open when Cambranes Navas came free, but Yosua Paredes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Martino Jauregui could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Noé Llorente made a huge save. Yosua Paredes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juan Antonio Pizzi, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. After a rather tough play, Kraken's Godfredo España got a free kick in the 91st minute. If Juan Antonio Pizzi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.