League

Estadio La Pulga
Spectators: 8023 (Terracing: 6019, Seating: 1845, VIP seats: 159) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Liu Yuan took the kick off in the first half of the match. 11 minutes into the match, Athletic Bostero's goal looked a bit too open when Savion Lacalle came free, but Cecilio Martinez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 14th minute, Gabriel Ioritz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mitutonio F. C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gavino Gau in the 16th minute. The corner ended in Gavino Gau almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Athletic Bostero's Cecilio Martinez did a great save. The throw-in from Gavino Gau in the 17th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Athletic Bostero's Nicolas Tipi. Bin Abbiati showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Liu Yuan, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. After some careless play in the Mitutonio F. C. defense, Liu Yuan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bin Abbiati. The Mitutonio F. C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bin Abbiati should have stopped the shot. 28 minutes into the match, Athletic Bostero's goal looked a bit too open when Börge Sefastsson came free, but Cecilio Martinez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Paulo Admon's late challenge caught a Athletic Bostero's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Paulo Admon helped the player get up and apologised. In the 33rd minute Savion Lacalle shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cecilio Martinez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Athletic Bostero's Jurgen Arends got a free kick in the 34th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Román Riquelme in the 41st minute of play forced Mitutonio F. C.'s goalkeeper Bin Abbiati to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cecilio Martinez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruben Blades in the 42nd minute of the match. Bin Abbiati made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liu Yuan in the 46th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

After a rather tough play, Mitutonio F. C.'s Börge Sefastsson got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Liu Yuan in the 54th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Bin Abbiati prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 55th minute of the match Athletic Bostero got a corner. Mitutonio F. C.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ralph Spaan ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Athletic Bostero's corner Hüseyin Rahmi Tanpınar fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Bin Abbiati quite easily take care of the ball. Cecilio Martinez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Savion Lacalle in the 59th minute of play. Bin Abbiati showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hüseyin Rahmi Tanpınar, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Cecilio Martinez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruben Blades in the 69th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Athletic Bostero's Bin Abbiati threw himself towards the right post 74 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Hüseyin Rahmi Tanpınar, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With a little luck, Mitutonio F. C.'s Bin Abbiati got control of the ball when Liu Yuan tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Athletic Bostero getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Jurgen Arends hit a great ball. In the 78th minute Ruben Blades shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cecilio Martinez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Athletic Bostero's goalie and right to Börge Sefastsson. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Athletic Bostero's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. When Jeremiah James came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Athletic Bostero 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 Jeremiah James couldn't finish the play. Mitutonio F. C.'s Bin Abbiati proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Mitutonio F. C. from getting a goal against them. Bin Abbiati made an important save on a dangerous shot by Liu Yuan in the 87th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ruben Blades in the 89th minute of play forced Athletic Bostero's goalkeeper Cecilio Martinez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd minute, Hüseyin Rahmi Tanpınar reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Bin Abbiati. The goal made the score 0-2. Athletic Bostero's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.