League

El Cilindro de MDQ
Spectators: 7310 (Terracing: 5484, Seating: 1681, VIP seats: 145) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Aureliano Miro got the match started through his kick off. 8 minutes into the game, Emilio Honrio was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Racing Club de MDQ's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Claypole the free kick. In the 8th match minute, Racing Club de MDQ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emilio Honrio to maneuver through the defense. In the 12th minute, Hernan Markel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Inocencio Firme was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After a defensive mix-up in Claypole's zone, Sebastian Senen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Øivind Pettersen came out of the goal and Sebastian Senen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 34 minutes, Valentin Rosio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Racing Club de MDQ and the Claypole players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 34 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Racing Club de MDQ! The referee gave Claypole a penalty, 36 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Leonel Benitez, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Racing Club de MDQ's Inocencio Firme. 0-2. Aureliano Miro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sebastian Senen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Øivind Pettersen having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sebastian Senen to make the kick off. In the 51st minute Jacobo Llanos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Øivind Pettersen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind Racing Club de MDQ's goalkeeper Inocencio Firme, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Øivind Pettersen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sebastian Senen, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. In the 79th match minute, Claypole was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hernan Markel to maneuver through the defense. In the 82nd minute, Lisandro Muc hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Claypole's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.