League

Estadio Samuhi
Spectators: 5800 (Terracing: 4250, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 50) La Orden del Fenix's Anier Pello started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Samuhi's Fidel Cordario got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nemesio Ixona made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Orlando Belarmo in the 6th minute of play. Fidel Cordario recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Nemesio Ixona made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anier Pello in the 9th minute of play. When Fidel Cordario came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Samuhi 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 Fidel Cordario couldn't finish the play. Nemesio Ixona showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Orlando Belarmo in the 18th minute of the match. In the 21st minute, Tiburcio Berbiz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Samuhi fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Nemesio Ixona showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Celestino Abaurre, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. 25 minutes into the match, Samuhi's goal looked a bit too open when Dante Bonifaco came free, but Nemesio Ixona reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Samuhi's Tiburcio Berbiz in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye La Orden del Fenix's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to La Orden del Fenix getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Orlando Belarmo hit a great ball. Fidel Cordario recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 30th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Froilan Larra was a little too slow when Tiburcio Berbiz got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 33rd minute. The score was now 2-0. After 38 minutes of play, La Orden del Fenix's Anier Pello made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nemesio Ixona was left in no man's land by his defense there! Froilan Larra was a little too slow when Tiburcio Berbiz got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 41st minute. The score was now 3-1. Samuhi's Nemesio Ixona played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Celestino Abaurre in the 45th minute of play. In the 46th minute Dante Bonifaco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nemesio Ixona saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dante Bonifaco in the 48th minute of play forced Samuhi's goalkeeper Nemesio Ixona to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tiburcio Berbiz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. La Orden del Fenix's Froilan Larra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fidel Cordario in the 52nd minute of play. 56 minutes into the match, Samuhi's Tiburcio Berbiz sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Froilan Larra narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 58 played minutes La Orden del Fenix got a freekick which was hit by Orlando Belarmo. Samuhi's Tiburcio Berbiz got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Froilan Larra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fidel Cordario in the 61st minute of the match. If Tiburcio Berbiz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fidel Cordario sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tiburcio Berbiz in the 68th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Froilan Larra prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After some careless play in the La Orden del Fenix defense, Tiburcio Berbiz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Froilan Larra. The La Orden del Fenix fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Froilan Larra should have stopped the shot. When the match clock showed 75 minutes, the score became 5-1 when Tiburcio Berbiz sped through La Orden del Fenix's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Froilan Larra. Tiburcio Berbiz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Froilan Larra having to interfere. Tiburcio Berbiz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Samuhi's Tiburcio Berbiz in the 85th minute got a chance for a shot 85th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye La Orden del Fenix's goalie prevented a goal. Froilan Larra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fidel Cordario in the 88th minute of play. Froilan Larra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fidel Cordario in the 92nd minute of play. 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. Samuhi fully deserved thier win.