League

Encina
Spectators: 6753 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1614, VIP seats: 139) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Andoni Freire took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute Zacarias Chabier suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. Enzo Llorenc charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Enzo Llorenc the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Encina's Enzo Llorenc got a free kick in the 5th minute. When Metán's Andoni Freire in 7 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Higinio Feliz guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. In the 8th minute, Andoni Freire left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Metán fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After some careless play in the Encina defense, Andoni Freire kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Higinio Feliz. The Encina fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Higinio Feliz should have stopped the shot. Higinio Feliz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andoni Freire in the 16th minute of play. In the 18th minute, Bernabe Tipi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Higinio Feliz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nemesio Lecaroz's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. Higinio Feliz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Andoni Freire went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Nemesio Lecaroz managed to get in a good position for a shot. Metán's supporters rose to their feet, but Nemesio Lecaroz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Higinio Feliz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Higinio Feliz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nemesio Lecaroz in the 30th minute of the match. Nemesio Lecaroz scored 0-5 in the 31st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Higinio Feliz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Bernabe Tipi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 40 played minutes Metán got a freekick which was hit by Everardo Nazario. Julian Perutxo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Godofredo Aires having to make a save. Godofredo Aires showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enzo Llorenc in the 44th minute of the match. Godofredo Aires showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Enzo Llorenc, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Enzo Llorenc to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Enzo Llorenc got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 55th minute of the game. One of Metán:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Encina:s goal. The referee gave Encina a penalty, 57 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Julian Perutxo, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Metán's Godofredo Aires. 1-5. Metán's Godofredo Aires played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leonides Gamus in the 65th minute of play. Domingo Cordarryl could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Higinio Feliz made a huge save. Encina's Enzo Llorenc got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Romeo Demario charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Romeo Demario the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 73rd match minute, Encina was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Romeo Demario to maneuver through the defense. Domingo Cordarryl fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Higinio Feliz having to interfere. Godofredo Aires took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Enzo Llorenc, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 84 minutes into the match, Encina's Leonides Gamus sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Godofredo Aires narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Enzo Llorenc had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonides Gamus in the 88th minute of play forced Metán's goalkeeper Godofredo Aires to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 90 minutes, Nemesio Lecaroz put it in 1-6 from a short distance just to the right of Higinio Feliz. Ruben Ruy was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 94 minutes into the match. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Metán eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.