League

Estadio Tucumana
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) La Emilia's King Van Bastén 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. If Fabian Flores had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 5th minute, Tiburcio Mergildo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Froilan Lizardi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gaspar Gilabert having to interfere. Cleto Ikatz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabian Flores in the 9th minute of the match. In the 11th match minute, La Emilia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by King Van Bastén to maneuver through the defense. In the 13th minute Feliciano Bertran suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. Tiburcio Mergildo hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Hans Bammerman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gaspar Gilabert stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of King Van Bastén's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. Tucumana AFC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Edelmiro Precioso in the 31st minute. The corner ended in Edelmiro Precioso almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but La Emilia's Cleto Ikatz did a great save. After a rather tough play, La Emilia's Aaron Sagrario got a free kick in the 32nd minute. 1-1 became the score in the 34th minute when Fabian Flores elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Gaspar Gilabert stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of King Van Bastén's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. After 39 played minutes Tucumana AFC got a freekick which was hit by Israel Loren. Marciano Sazon blasted a shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gaspar Gilabert having to make a save. Gaspar Gilabert showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from King Van Bastén in the 45th minute of the match. 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.

The wind increased when Timoteo Nafarroa made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Froilan Lizardi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gaspar Gilabert saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. King Van Bastén hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. King Van Bastén's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 56thth minute, Gaspar Gilabert skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. King Van Bastén's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 58thth minute, Gaspar Gilabert skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 62 minutes into the match, Hans Bammerman dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Gaspar Gilabert, 1-2. After a defensive mix-up in Tucumana AFC's zone, Marciano Sazon stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gaspar Gilabert came out of the goal and Marciano Sazon tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 65th minute, Israel Loren hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marciano Sazon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gaspar Gilabert having to interfere. Gaspar Gilabert made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from King Van Bastén in the 76th minute of play. In the 79th minute, Fabian Flores made a precise shot to the right of Cleto Ikatz. La Emilia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. A collision led to Tucumana AFC getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Leonardo Urdaspal hit a great ball. Gaspar Gilabert made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when King Van Bastén sent off a good shot on target. In the 91st minute, Israel Loren hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marciano Sazon 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 the final whistle sounded La Emilia left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Tucumana AFC.