League

15 de Abril
Spectators: 7577 (Terracing: 5683, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 151) Tomás Fiz started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jairo Arlo got free with Javier Haritzeder in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 6 minutes of play, Union de Sta Fe's Jairo Arlo made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Javier Haritzeder was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match had gone on for 12 minutes, Jairo Arlo put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Javier Haritzeder. Leonardo Reyes's late challenge caught a Pipinas's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Leonardo Reyes helped the player get up and apologised. In the 20th minute, Leonardo Reyes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 25 minutes into the match, Jairo Arlo dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Javier Haritzeder, 3-0. In the 29th match minute, Union de Sta Fe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Freddy Mino to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Pipinas's Bruno Gines got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Javier Haritzeder took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Diego Zayas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jairo Arlo got free with Javier Haritzeder in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Freddy Mino came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Union de Sta Fe 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 Freddy Mino couldn't finish the play. Diego Zayas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After some careless play in the Pipinas defense, Jairo Arlo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Javier Haritzeder. The Pipinas fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Javier Haritzeder should have stopped the shot. Jairo Arlo did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 5-0 to the left of a surprised Javier Haritzeder 48 minutes into the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jairo Arlo to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Bruno Gines hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 56th minute, Eusebio Illan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 57th minute, Eduardo Harriet sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Pipinas's Javier Haritzeder didn't even have to move. In the 58th minute, Diego Zayas made a precise shot to the right of Javier Haritzeder. Pipinas's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-0. When Union de Sta Fe's Jairo Arlo in the 65th minute got a chance for a shot 65th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Pipinas's goalie prevented a goal. Baldomiro Restu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomás Fiz's shot from short distance in the 67th minute. When the match had gone on for 71 minutes, Jairo Arlo put it in 7-0 from a short distance just to the right of Javier Haritzeder. Union de Sta Fe made a substitution. Arturo Tonete replaced Leonardo Reyes. The audience was convinced that Tomás Fiz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Baldomiro Restu was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. In the 83rd minute, Tomás Fiz 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. 85 minutes into the match, Union de Sta Fe's Diego Zayas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Javier Haritzeder narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 86 minutes, Bruno Gines mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pipinas and the Union de Sta Fe players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 86th match minute, Pipinas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bruno Gines to maneuver through the defense. Javier Haritzeder made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Freddy Mino in the 91st minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Union de Sta Fe had won after a very even match.