League

El Funebrero
Spectators: 7629 (Terracing: 5762, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 100) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Karol Kosowski got the match started through his kick off. A sloppy throw-in by Cesar Vargas in the 5th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Bendito Sea El Fernet's Victoriano Oro. Karol Kosowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Miguel Ángel Santoro having to interfere. A collision led to Bendito Sea El Fernet getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Aristides Bautista hit a great ball. Cesar Vargas made in the 22nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Genaro Min however managed to control. Xesc Labarra could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Bernardo Baraquiel made a huge save. When Karol Kosowski came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Bendito Sea El Fernet 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 Karol Kosowski couldn't finish the play. In a very dangerous position, a player in Bendito Sea El Fernet fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 29th minute. Penalty! Xesc Labarra shot the penalty kick right outside the post. In the 37th minute of the game Cesar Vargas made a throw-in which Genaro Min played forward. After a rather tough play, Bendito Sea El Fernet's Donato Bidari got a free kick in the 38th minute. After some careless play in the Bendito Sea El Fernet defense, Xesc Labarra kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bernardo Baraquiel. The Bendito Sea El Fernet fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bernardo Baraquiel should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Chacarita Futsal's Esteve Paublo got a free kick in the 46th minute. Donato Bidari, 47 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Xesc Labarra stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 50 played minutes Bendito Sea El Fernet got a freekick which was hit by Karol Kosowski. After a defensive mix-up in Bendito Sea El Fernet's zone, Xesc Labarra stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bernardo Baraquiel came out of the goal and Xesc Labarra tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Genaro Min had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Chacarita Futsal's zone, Karol Kosowski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Miguel Ángel Santoro came out of the goal and Karol Kosowski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xesc Labarra in the 61st minute of play forced Bendito Sea El Fernet's goalkeeper Bernardo Baraquiel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute Karol Kosowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Miguel Ángel Santoro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 69th minute, Karol Kosowski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bendito Sea El Fernet fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Karol Kosowski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Miguel Ángel Santoro read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 73rd minute of play. After 78 minutes of play, Chacarita Futsal's Xesc Labarra made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bernardo Baraquiel was left in no man's land by his defense there! Miguel Ángel Santoro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karol Kosowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 86 minutes had been played when some careless play by Chacarita Futsal's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Donato Bidari was slow to take the kick. During this time Bendito Sea El Fernet's players had a chance to rest. Joaquin Cayo tried in the 86th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Miguel Ángel Santoro a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 3-2. Xesc Labarra blasted a shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Bernardo Baraquiel having to make a save. Bernardo Baraquiel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xesc Labarra in the 89th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Xesc Labarra's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bernardo Baraquiel was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. Bendito Sea El Fernet's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.