League

Herradura
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Almería's Rolando Bento started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Leonel Banegas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zayveon Pedraza, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Leonel Banegas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Costel Enoaia, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. 15 minutes into the match, Herradura AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Rolando Bento came free, but Leonel Banegas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Rolando Bento's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leonel Banegas was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Almería's Rolando Bento got a free kick in the 17th minute. Aurelio Osmundo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Facundo Altamirano made a huge save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zayveon Pedraza in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Leonel Banegas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Zayveon Pedraza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Leonel Banegas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 28th minute, Zayveon Pedraza made a precise shot to the right of Leonel Banegas. Herradura AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. With a little luck, Almería's Facundo Altamirano got control of the ball when Silvio Asur tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zayveon Pedraza in the 38th minute of play forced Herradura AFC's goalkeeper Leonel Banegas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rolando Bento in the 39th minute of play forced Herradura AFC's goalkeeper Leonel Banegas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Costel Enoaia in the 40th minute of play forced Herradura AFC's goalkeeper Leonel Banegas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leonel Banegas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rolando Bento in the 44th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rolando Bento in the 46th minute of play forced Herradura AFC's goalkeeper Leonel Banegas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th minute Zayveon Pedraza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonel Banegas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Claudio Lluques to strike the kick off in the second half. Facundo Altamirano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Silvio Asur in the 52nd minute of the match. 54 minutes into the match, Rolando Bento dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Leonel Banegas, 0-2. 62 minutes into the match, Herradura AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Rolando Bento came free, but Leonel Banegas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 64 minutes into the match, Herradura AFC's goalkeeper Leonel Banegas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Costel Enoaia. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zayveon Pedraza got free with Leonel Banegas in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Rolando Bento succeeded in the game's 66th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-3. Through an outstanding action, after 74 minutes, Leonel Banegas successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 75 minutes into the match, Claudio-Paul Caniggia had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Leonel Banegas. Herradura AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Claudio-Paul Caniggia was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. 81 minutes into the game, Costel Enoaia recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Leonel Banegas. Costel Enoaia showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-5. The audience thought a goal was coming when Claudio-Paul Caniggia got free with Leonel Banegas in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 91 played minutes Melchor Chumo rounded Herradura AFC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-6. When Claudio-Paul Caniggia came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Almería 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 Claudio-Paul Caniggia couldn't finish the play.