League

Westleigh Park
Spectators: 7199 (Terracing: 5401, Seating: 1655, VIP seats: 143) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Joey Bastard took the kick off in the first half of the match. When Guillermo Mattin fell near the penalty area in the 4th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tropa Elite FC's protests and gave Guillermo Mattin a yellow card for diving instead. After 4 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Tropa Elite FC! Horacio Maria made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Freddy Fernandez sent off a good shot on target. Timoteo Cheche's late challenge caught a Havant & Waterlooville's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Timoteo Cheche helped the player get up and apologised. In the 11th minute, Timoteo Cheche hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Horacio Maria stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Freddy Fernandez's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. Alonzo Jurdan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Horacio Maria made a huge save. After some careless play in the Havant & Waterlooville defense, Joey Bastard kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lázaro Dunixi. The Havant & Waterlooville fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lázaro Dunixi should have stopped the shot. Horacio Maria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernardo Banegas in the 21st minute of play. In the 23rd minute, Havant & Waterlooville's Rodrigo Montae dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. 26 minutes into the match, Freddy Fernandez notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Tropa Elite FC's Horacio Maria. Horacio Maria was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Horacio Maria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Freddy Fernandez in the 29th minute of play. In the 29th minute, Havant & Waterlooville's Freddy Fernandez dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-1. Tropa Elite FC's Sergio Oso has a good shot, but didn't show it this time. The shot went over the crossbar in the 32nd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Freddy Fernandez in the 37th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Horacio Maria saved Tropa Elite FC from getting behind. The long shot by Dario Baudelio in the 39th minute really tested Horacio Maria'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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Freddy Fernandez in the 40th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Horacio Maria prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Freddy Fernandez in the 42nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Horacio Maria saved Tropa Elite FC from getting behind. Patricio Sendoa kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Freddy Fernandez to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Freddy Fernandez in the 54th minute of play forced Tropa Elite FC's goalkeeper Horacio Maria to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Alonzo Jurdan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 66th minute Havant & Waterlooville were awarded a corner. Benjamin Manny went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Benjamin Manny got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Horacio Maria quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Tropa Elite FC's attentive Timoteo Cheche managed to snatch the ball when Dario Baudelio made a throw-in in the 68th minute of the game. Tropa Elite FC's Horacio Maria played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Freddy Fernandez in the 76th minute of play. If Alonzo Jurdan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 81st minute, Tropa Elite FC's Joey Bastard ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Lázaro Dunixi. Lázaro Dunixi yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-2. Freddy Fernandez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Horacio Maria tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tropa Elite FC's Horacio Maria played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Freddy Fernandez in the 90th minute of play. In the 92nd minute Alonzo Jurdan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Horacio Maria saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Horacio Maria showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alonzo Jurdan, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. When the referee ended the match the Havant & Waterlooville players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.