League

Marcelo A. Bielsa
Spectators: 8465 (Terracing: 6350, Seating: 1946, VIP seats: 169) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Carlos Cesaro kicked off to start the match. The referee felt a red card was in order, 3 minutes into the game, when Nacho Roca put in a rough tackle. After 2 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for MARTINETA! When the match had been going on for 4 minutes, Growlithe FC's Alexander Palmer got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Bartolo Beliran. The audience was convinced that Rafal Kaszubowski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bernabe Armani was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. 23 minutes into the game, Rodrigo Montes threw the ball into play from the sideline. MARTINETA's Emanuel Mammana quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 30 minutes into the match, MARTINETA's goal looked a bit too open when Alexander Palmer came free, but Bartolo Beliran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 30 minutes, Bartolo Beliran successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 37 minutes into the match, MARTINETA's goalkeeper Bartolo Beliran had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alexander Palmer. Lv Qiang Xiao scored 1-1 in the 41st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bernabe Armani, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

After some careless play in the MARTINETA defense, Alfredo Graciani kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bartolo Beliran. The MARTINETA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bartolo Beliran should have stopped the shot. In the 68th minute Lv Qiang Xiao shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernabe Armani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bartolo Beliran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexander Palmer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alexander Palmer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Growlithe FC's Barış Ziya was substituted for Alexander Palmer. 80 minutes into the match, Growlithe FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lv Qiang Xiao came free, but Bernabe Armani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 80th minute, Lv Qiang Xiao left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MARTINETA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. In the 88th minute Alfredo Graciani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bartolo Beliran saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 90th minute Barış Ziya shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bartolo Beliran saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bernabe Armani stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of João Severino's shot from short distance in the 92nd minute. Bartolo Beliran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfredo Graciani in the 93rd minute of play.