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Roman Riquelme
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pastor Olivar took the kick off in the first half of the match. Emanuel Koldobika might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Abelardo Cilio. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Emanuel Koldobika ran back to his position shaking his head. Hudson City's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Emanuel Koldobika in the 5th minute. With his leg Abelardo Cilio managed to avoid a goal in the 10thth minute, when Hudson City's Emanuel Koldobika fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 12th minute, Emanuel Koldobika reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Abelardo Cilio. The goal made the score 1-0. When Hudson City's Emanuel Koldobika in the 15th minute got a chance for a shot 15th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AmericanAirlines FC's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, AmericanAirlines FC's Santiago Birjaio got a free kick in the 16th minute. Justo Perez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abelardo Cilio having to interfere. In the 23rd match minute, AmericanAirlines FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Santiago Birjaio to maneuver through the defense. If Domingo Rumaldo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jimeno Leizarraga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abelardo Cilio having to interfere. A hard shot 34 in the game by Emanuel Koldobika from a close distance when the talented Abelardo Cilio managed to make a qualified save. AmericanAirlines FC's players were relieved. When Justo Perez came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Hudson City 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 Justo Perez couldn't finish the play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Norberto Hibai got free with Abelardo Cilio in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Abelardo Cilio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oscar Confesor in the 39th minute of play. Domingo Rumaldo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Abelardo Cilio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Emanuel Koldobika stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Justo Perez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Domingo Rumaldo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Candido Ireno hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Justo Perez took the ball and in the 67 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Abelardo Cilio. Abelardo Cilio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Jimeno Leizarraga managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hudson City's supporters rose to their feet, but Jimeno Leizarraga was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Abelardo Cilio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Abelardo Cilio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Justo Perez's shot from short distance in the 73rd minute. Domingo Rumaldo scored 3-1 in the 74th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Abelardo Cilio, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Hudson City fans' excitement grew in the 82nd match minute when Hudson City's Emanuel Koldobika looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 86th minute, Emanuel Koldobika 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. Justo Perez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abelardo Cilio having to interfere. Emanuel Koldobika recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 94th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Justo Perez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Hudson City fully deserved thier win.