League

Xextosa Santa Maria
Spectators: 6250 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1200, VIP seats: 50) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nisio Esperta made the kick off which started today's match. After 2 played minutes Falcom Crest F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Macabeo Delgado. Qwinton Mangas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arnalt Odín, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Arnalt Odín recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 6th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 15 minutes into the game, Macabeo Delgado was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Falcom Crest F.C.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Xextosa Santa Maria CD the free kick. Macabeo Delgado kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Arnalt Odín sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 19 minutes into the match, Xextosa Santa Maria CD's goal looked a bit too open when Curcio Talavera came free, but Qwinton Mangas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Curcio Talavera received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Qwinton Mangas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Curcio Talavera scored 0-1 in the 25th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Qwinton Mangas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Qwinton Mangas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Curcio Talavera in the 29th minute of the match. If Curcio Talavera had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by Xextosa Santa Maria CD's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ponce Casanova was slow to take the kick. During this time Falcom Crest F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. The corner led Falcom Crest F.C.'s Ponce Casanova to fire away a dangerous shot which Qwinton Mangas despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Macabeo Delgado hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Qwinton Mangas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Curcio Talavera in the 47th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Curcio Talavera stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Falcom Crest F.C. booed when Xextosa Santa Maria CD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nisio Esperta didn't get a good kick on the ball. Curcio Talavera sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Qwinton Mangas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arnalt Odín in the 57th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Curcio Talavera in the 61st minute of play forced Xextosa Santa Maria CD's goalkeeper Qwinton Mangas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arnalt Odín's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Qwinton Mangas read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 64th minute of play. After 64 played minutes Xextosa Santa Maria CD got a freekick which was hit by Nisio Esperta. Arnalt Odín could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Qwinton Mangas made a huge save. When Curcio Talavera came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the Falcom Crest F.C. 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 Curcio Talavera couldn't finish the play. Arnalt Odín did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-2 to the left of a surprised Qwinton Mangas 73 minutes into the match. Qwinton Mangas made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Arnalt Odín sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arnalt Odín got free with Qwinton Mangas in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Curcio Talavera's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Qwinton Mangas was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Xextosa Santa Maria CD's Nisio Esperta got a free kick in the 91st minute. An unexpected shot in the 95th minute by Curcio Talavera got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side.