League

A. V. Liberti
Spectators: 7508 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kjell Alsvik took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Omar Tajo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cristobal Felipo was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Rafael Haimar. 9 minutes into the match, Rareș Feraru had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nektarios Varveris. La Gallardeta's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rareș Feraru was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Flavio Gonchan's late challenge caught a ZarA A.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Flavio Gonchan helped the player get up and apologised. Flavio Gonchan hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. When Kjell Alsvik came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the La Gallardeta 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 Kjell Alsvik couldn't finish the play. The supporters of La Gallardeta booed when ZarA A.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gavino Tabor didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, ZarA A.C's Cristobal Felipo got control of the ball when Rafael Haimar tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, ZarA A.C's Sebastian Odol got a free kick in the 19th minute. In the 20th minute, Rafael Haimar got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. ZarA A.C's Cristobal Felipo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafael Haimar in the 24th minute of play. ZarA A.C's Godfredo Valentine got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 29th minute, Rafael Haimar managed to get in a good position for a shot. La Gallardeta's supporters rose to their feet, but Rafael Haimar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cristobal Felipo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When La Gallardeta's Timos Karabelas in 31 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Cristobal Felipo guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. When the match clock showed 31 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Timos Karabelas sped through ZarA A.C's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Cristobal Felipo. Through an outstanding action, after 34 minutes, Cristobal Felipo successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Nektarios Varveris took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Godfredo Valentine, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 39th minute, James Gordon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Godfredo Valentine in the 43rd minute of play forced La Gallardeta's goalkeeper Nektarios Varveris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 45th minute, Omar Tajo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. La Gallardeta's Anibal Sengrat was substituted for Rafael Haimar. La Gallardeta's Jim Andi was substituted for Jeronimo Alvarez. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 2-2 after a close first half.

In the 55th minute of the match La Gallardeta got a corner. ZarA A.C's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Abel Ponciano ran over to the corner to take the kick. Cristobal Felipo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timos Karabelas in the 56th minute of play. James Gordon's late challenge caught a La Gallardeta's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. James Gordon helped the player get up and apologised. After 58 played minutes ZarA A.C got a freekick which was hit by James Gordon. In the 59th minute, Abel Ponciano sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and ZarA A.C's Cristobal Felipo didn't even have to move. In the 61st minute Anibal Sengrat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristobal Felipo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristobal Felipo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anibal Sengrat in the 63rd minute of play. Cristobal Felipo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anibal Sengrat, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. ZarA A.C's Cristobal Felipo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kjell Alsvik in the 70th minute of play. In the 73rd minute La Gallardeta were awarded a corner. Abel Ponciano went to the cornerflag to take it. Cristobal Felipo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anibal Sengrat, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. After 77 minutes of play, La Gallardeta's Filip Měchura made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cristobal Felipo was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 79th match minute, La Gallardeta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Konstanty Figlewski to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Filip Měchura managed to get in a good position for a shot. La Gallardeta's supporters rose to their feet, but Filip Měchura was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cristobal Felipo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gavino Tabor hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Filip Měchura blasted a shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cristobal Felipo having to make a save. Cristobal Felipo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filip Měchura in the 87th minute of play. Filip Měchura recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 89th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 93rd minute of the match La Gallardeta got a corner. ZarA A.C's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Abel Ponciano ran over to the corner to take the kick. A collision led to La Gallardeta getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Timos Karabelas hit a great ball. La Gallardeta's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.