League

Estadio Rucanelo
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Adriana Rito made the kick off which started today's match. Alfredo Millano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adriana Rito, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Norberto Fresco didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Serafino Cruz went, in the 5th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Manuel Silvino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. EL PORVENIR's Alfredo Millano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Melchor Beltran in the 16th minute of play. After a rather tough play, EL PORVENIR's Albano Edur got a free kick in the 19th minute. Manuel Silvino came free with the goalkeeper in the 20th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Alfredo Millano could save by the left post. Alfredo Millano stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Adriana Rito's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. In the 25th minute the ball was on its way in behind EL PORVENIR's goalkeeper Alfredo Millano, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 26th minute, EL PORVENIR's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Manuel Silvino fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Alfredo Millano was a little too slow when Adriana Rito got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 28th minute. The score was now 1-1. EL PORVENIR's Alfredo Millano proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save EL PORVENIR from getting a goal against them. Manuel Silvino in the 36thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Alfredo Millano, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Albano Edur's late challenge caught a Rucanelo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Albano Edur helped the player get up and apologised. Albano Edur kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice moves Manuel Silvino could shoot a difficult shot in the 38th minute, which Alfredo Millano however easily saved by the left post. Alfredo Millano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victorio Dominic in the 39th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victorio Dominic in the 39th minute of play forced EL PORVENIR's goalkeeper Alfredo Millano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manuel Silvino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cayetano Luzaide to make the kick off. Serafino Cruz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Melchor Beltran in the 55th minute of play forced EL PORVENIR's goalkeeper Alfredo Millano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alfredo Millano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Melchor Beltran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alfredo Millano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adriana Rito in the 59th minute of play. Osvaldo Seme hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Adriana Rito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Alfredo Millano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alfredo Millano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manuel Silvino in the 67th minute of play. 68 minutes into the game, Adriana Rito cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Alfredo Millano was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. EL PORVENIR's Bruno Theodore was substituted for Benedicto Evis. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victorio Dominic in the 80th minute of play forced EL PORVENIR's goalkeeper Alfredo Millano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alfredo Millano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adriana Rito, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rucanelo's Manuel Silvino got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 88th minute Melchor Beltran shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfredo Millano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 92 minutes into the match, EL PORVENIR's goal looked a bit too open when Adriana Rito came free, but Alfredo Millano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rucanelo were awarded a corner in the 94th minute after EL PORVENIR's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Alfredo Servando took the corner. In the 96th minute, Manuel Silvino ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alfredo Millano was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Rucanelo were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of EL PORVENIR for a fine match.