League

El bosque
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Melchor Elazar got the match started through his kick off. HiguainFC's Adan Tome got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 5th minute, Adan Tome 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. In the 7th minute of the match Benito Lalla shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Paulino Hernandez showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Ruperto Matthew sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jeronimo Chuan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Francisco Gil made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Kayas's Melchor Elazar got a free kick in the 15th minute. Aureliano Faro's late challenge caught a HiguainFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aureliano Faro helped the player get up and apologised. Marcos Quintan took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 19th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Paulino Hernandez. Kayas's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Kayas's zone, Adan Tome stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Paulino Hernandez came out of the goal and Adan Tome tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ruperto Matthew scored 0-1 in the 25th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Paulino Hernandez, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a little luck, HiguainFC's Francisco Gil got control of the ball when Jeronimo Chuan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Melchor Elazar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Francisco Gil having to interfere. When Jeronimo Erruki fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored HiguainFC's protests and gave Jeronimo Erruki a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to HiguainFC getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Jeronimo Erruki hit a great ball. After the first half HiguainFC were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

In the 54th minute, Maximo Jaunzuria hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Adan Tome fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paulino Hernandez having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adan Tome in the 63rd minute of play forced Kayas's goalkeeper Paulino Hernandez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ruperto Matthew fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paulino Hernandez having to interfere. Jeronimo Chuan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Francisco Gil tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 76th match minute, HiguainFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maximo Jaunzuria to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Jeronimo Chuan managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kayas's supporters rose to their feet, but Jeronimo Chuan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Francisco Gil breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a defensive mix-up in Kayas's zone, Adan Tome stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Paulino Hernandez came out of the goal and Adan Tome tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 84th match minute, Kayas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aureliano Faro to maneuver through the defense. HiguainFC's Marcos Quintan shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 85th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Paulino Hernandez but with some difficulty. After 86 played minutes Kayas got a freekick which was hit by Pablo Vistruario. 87 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when HiguainFC's Ruperto Matthew fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Ruperto Matthew in the 91stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Paulino Hernandez, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Ruperto Matthew recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 92nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Adan Tome came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the HiguainFC 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 Adan Tome couldn't finish the play. The Kayas fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. HiguainFC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.