League

Cervantes
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) racing club de ballester's Zeledon Ted 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. Reynaldo Gelacio's late challenge caught a Villa Madero's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Reynaldo Gelacio helped the player get up and apologised. In the 3rd minute, Reynaldo Gelacio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Haroldo Iliana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. racing club de ballester's defense didn't have a chance, in the 19th minute, when Haroldo Iliana scored to the left of an out of position Isaias Rodriguez, making the score, 1-0. After 24 played minutes racing club de ballester got a freekick which was hit by Reynaldo Gelacio. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Haroldo Iliana managed to get in a good position for a shot. Villa Madero's supporters rose to their feet, but Haroldo Iliana was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Isaias Rodriguez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Marcelino Resto kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. After having played for 33 minutes, Marcelino Boniel managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. racing club de ballester's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marcelino Boniel was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Delmar Eliazar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zeledon Ted in the 35th minute of the match. Isaias Rodriguez stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marcelino Resto's shot from short distance in the 44th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Haroldo Iliana to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, racing club de ballester's Victorino Pelagius got a free kick in the 56th minute. Mauro Raitin lost his temper 60 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Delmar Eliazar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zeledon Ted in the 65th minute of play. In the 66th match minute, Villa Madero was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mateo Ermano to maneuver through the defense. Gilbert Kuse hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice moves Zeledon Ted could shoot a difficult shot in the 82nd minute, which Delmar Eliazar however easily saved by the left post. After having played for 87 minutes, Marcelino Resto managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Villa Madero's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marcelino Resto was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Victorino Pelagius's late challenge caught a Villa Madero's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Victorino Pelagius helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to racing club de ballester getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Victorino Pelagius hit a great ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the racing club de ballester players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Villa Madero.