League

Skull Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mario Costa started the match with the kick off. A sloppy throw-in by Jerold Cartagena in the 2nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Skull Team's Anibal Crespo. After a rather tough play, Arriba España's Ignacio Ponce got a free kick in the 6th minute. Ambrosio Laredo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anibal Crespo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Arriba España's Moisés Pareja got a free kick in the 9th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mario Costa in the 12th minute of play forced Arriba España's goalkeeper Ambrosio Laredo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th minute Anastasio Perpiñán shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ambrosio Laredo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Arriba España getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Migúel Navarro hit a great ball. In the 25th minute Mario Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ambrosio Laredo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 29 minutes into the game, Mario Costa was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Skull Team's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Arriba España the free kick. In the 29th match minute, Skull Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mario Costa to maneuver through the defense. In the 31st minute, Baraxil Bencoiechea ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lluc Dorado was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 37 minutes into the match, Filiberto Toxeiro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lluc Dorado. Skull Team's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Filiberto Toxeiro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After 40 minutes, Ignacio Ponce mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Arriba España and the Skull Team players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Arriba España getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Ignacio Ponce hit a great ball. Anibal Crespo hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Baraxil Bencoiechea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lluc Dorado having to interfere. Monte Cazorla hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. The audience held their breath when Chus Rapado in the 49th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Lluc Dorado's left hand side.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Filiberto Toxeiro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ambrosio Laredo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Constantino Folch in the 54th minute of the match. Ambrosio Laredo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Constantino Folch, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ignacio Ponce got free with Lluc Dorado in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After having played for 76 minutes, Constantino Folch managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Skull Team's supporters crossed their fingers, but Constantino Folch was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 83rd minute, Skull Team's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Baraxil Bencoiechea fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Ignacio Ponce struck a weak shot in the 84th minute. Lluc Dorado didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Arriba España. The audience thought a goal was coming when Baraxil Bencoiechea got free with Lluc Dorado in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ambrosio Laredo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anastasio Perpiñán in the 98th minute of play. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Arriba España walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.