League

Animán
Spectators: 6665 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1665, VIP seats: 0) Damaso Curcio made the kick off and thus started the match. 3 minutes into the match, Ballycastle Bats's goal looked a bit too open when Damaso Curcio came free, but Silvestre Gaur reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ariel Lope received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Silvestre Gaur tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benito Ganix sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Paulo Abaunza came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Ballycastle Bats 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 Paulo Abaunza couldn't finish the play. Damaso Curcio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Silvestre Gaur tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benito Ganix sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Benito Ganix had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. El Deportvo Futbol Club's Ariel Lope got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 41st minute of the match, Paulo Abaunza tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Zeledon Abascal saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Damaso Curcio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Silvestre Gaur tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Damaso Curcio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Silvestre Gaur having to interfere. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Paulo Abaunza was the one to do the kick off. Zeledon Abascal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulo Abaunza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paulo Abaunza scored 1-0 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zeledon Abascal, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The referee felt a red card was in order, 61 minutes into the game, when Nicasio Bartuelo put in a rough tackle. Nicasio Bartuelo kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. It was beautiful to see Ballycastle Bats's Ermegildo Restu in action when he in the 63rd minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Benito Ganix's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zeledon Abascal read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 66th minute of play. In the 67th match minute, El Deportvo Futbol Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Victorino Lazcano to maneuver through the defense. Marciano Lico missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 68 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Zeledon Abascal right hand side. Zeledon Abascal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benito Ganix, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Federico Eliu hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. The long shot by Atilano Gil in the 79th minute really tested Silvestre Gaur's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Ballycastle Bats's Silvestre Gaur proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Ballycastle Bats from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Ballycastle Bats's Silvestre Gaur got control of the ball when Ariel Lope tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 98th minute, Benito Ganix 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. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Ballycastle Bats had won after a very even match.