League

Estadio Catinzaco
Spectators: 7351 (Terracing: 5514, Seating: 1690, VIP seats: 147) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Freddy Bilintx started the match with the kick off. Gaston Viviano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jeremias Lop having to interfere. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by Las Pelotas's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ismael Columbo was slow to take the kick. During this time MZlcdtm's players had a chance to rest. Ismael Columbo made a great header on MZlcdtm's corner, it was just that Las Pelotas's Jeremias Lop managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 15th minute, Gaston Viviano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cosme Bixintxo in the 17th minute of play forced Las Pelotas's goalkeeper Jeremias Lop to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jeremias Lop showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cosme Bixintxo, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Maximino Ostots sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 24 minutes into the match, Cosme Bixintxo notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Las Pelotas's Jeremias Lop. Jeremias Lop was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 30thth minute of the game Maximino Ostots who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Las Pelotas's Jeremias Lop was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Las Pelotas's Jeremias Lop played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cosme Bixintxo in the 32nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cosme Bixintxo in the 32nd minute of play forced Las Pelotas's goalkeeper Jeremias Lop to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ismael Columbo made in the 34th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Cosme Bixintxo however managed to control. Gavino Hernando was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 36 minutes into the match. 36 minutes into the game, one of Las Pelotas:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 38th minute there was a penalty for MZlcdtm. Ismael Columbo stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Jeremias Lop. 0-2. In the 41st minute, Cosme Bixintxo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MZlcdtm fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cosme Bixintxo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After recieving a nice pass, Las Pelotas's Edgardo Bertol tried to score from far away in the 52nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as MZlcdtm's Celedonio Franco slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jeremias Lop. That made the score 0-4 after 56 minutes of play. In the 59th minute Celedonio Franco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeremias Lop saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 60 minutes into the match, Las Pelotas's goalkeeper Jeremias Lop had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cosme Bixintxo. 61 minutes into the game, Anastasio Erdiano was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. MZlcdtm's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Las Pelotas the free kick. The supporters of Las Pelotas booed when MZlcdtm was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anastasio Erdiano didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Las Pelotas getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Marcelino Aguilera hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cosme Bixintxo got free with Jeremias Lop in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Las Pelotas's Jeremias Lop proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save Las Pelotas from getting a goal against them. Las Pelotas's Jeremias Lop proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save Las Pelotas from getting a goal against them. When Marcelino Aguilera fell near the penalty area in the 86th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Las Pelotas's protests and gave Marcelino Aguilera a yellow card for diving instead. Marcelino Aguilera hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. MZlcdtm's Ismael Columbo suffered a sore knee after 93 minutes and couldn't finish the game. MZlcdtm's Silverio Eli was substituted for Ismael Columbo. Edgardo Bertol kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. When the match was over MZlcdtm could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Las Pelotas throughout the match.