League

Marcelo Bielsa
Spectators: 7232 (Terracing: 5426, Seating: 1663, VIP seats: 143) Alberigo Savini made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to Tulumba getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Nicanor Urki hit a great ball. Ruben Lambafoss made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Siro Cordairo in the 8th minute of play. Ruben Lambafoss made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gogo Cugat in the 10th minute of play. Ruben Lambafoss made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Siro Cordairo in the 16th minute of play. In the 16th minute, Siro Cordairo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ruben Lambafoss was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. NIBIRU's Ruben Lambafoss played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicasio Palben in the 24th minute of play. 25 minutes into the game, Siro Cordairo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Ruben Lambafoss was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Nicanor Urki came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the Tulumba 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 Nicanor Urki couldn't finish the play. Arnoldo Ralondo made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Prudencio Montrell sent off a good shot on target. Alberigo Savini fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnoldo Ralondo having to interfere. Prudencio Montrell 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. After 40 played minutes Tulumba got a freekick which was hit by Nicanor Urki. Prudencio Montrell received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Arnoldo Ralondo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Tulumba defense, Prudencio Montrell kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arnoldo Ralondo. The Tulumba fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arnoldo Ralondo should have stopped the shot.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nicasio Palben to make the kick off. After having played for 53 minutes, Prudencio Montrell managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. NIBIRU's supporters crossed their fingers, but Prudencio Montrell was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alejo Jon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Arnoldo Ralondo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ruben Lambafoss showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicasio Palben in the 58th minute of the match. Alejo Jon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnoldo Ralondo having to interfere. Arnoldo Ralondo came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by NIBIRU's Prudencio Montrell. But to his dismay, Prudencio Montrell quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Arnoldo Ralondo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Prudencio Montrell went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Prudencio Montrell received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Arnoldo Ralondo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alberigo Savini fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnoldo Ralondo having to interfere. When German Ceandro fell near the penalty area in the 73rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tulumba's protests and gave German Ceandro a yellow card for diving instead. After 72 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Tulumba! The referee gave NIBIRU a penalty, 74 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Alejo Jon, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Tulumba's Arnoldo Ralondo. 4-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Prudencio Montrell in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Arnoldo Ralondo saved Tulumba from getting behind. After a rather tough play, NIBIRU's Constantino Roldan got a free kick in the 90th minute. If Prudencio Montrell had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. NIBIRU's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.