Estadio Mathew
Spectators: 5128 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 128) Aaron Gartzea started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Eleuterio Costante showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aaron Gartzea in the 4th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrian Lungu in the 6th minute of play forced Mathew's goalkeeper Eleuterio Costante to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 8 minutes of play, ProBallControll's Aaron Gartzea made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eleuterio Costante was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, ProBallControll's Fernando Gaueko got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 17th minute, Ovidio Ixidor ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eleuterio Costante was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. After 21 minutes, Memo Reyes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mathew and the ProBallControll players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Mathew getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Memo Reyes hit a great ball. Mathew's Eleuterio Costante played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Uriel Sayvion in the 25th minute of play. Eleuterio Costante made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ovidio Ixidor in the 27th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Mathew's goal looked a bit too open when Aaron Gartzea came free, but Eleuterio Costante reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Narciso Millano hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Eleuterio Costante showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aaron Gartzea, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. 39 minutes into the game, Gilberto Che recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Erasmo Oriol. Gilberto Che showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-2. After having played for 42 minutes, Ovidio Ixidor managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ProBallControll's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ovidio Ixidor was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, Mathew's Gilberto Che got a free kick in the 44th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gilberto Che was the one to do the kick off. Erasmo Oriol made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Honorato Abancens in the 56th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Mathew's Memo Reyes got a free kick in the 57th minute. Mathew's Eleuterio Costante proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Mathew from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Mathew getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Honorato Abancens hit a great ball. Maigonis Pankratievs took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 64th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Eleuterio Costante. Mathew's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 65th minute, Honorato Abancens hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 66 played minutes Mathew got a freekick which was hit by Isaias Ponce. Maigonis Pankratievs might have been able to make a better finish in the 67th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eleuterio Costante. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Maigonis Pankratievs ran back to his position shaking his head. After 72 played minutes ProBallControll got a freekick which was hit by Adrian Lungu. Mathew's Eleuterio Costante played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ovidio Ixidor in the 75th minute of play. In the 76th match minute, Mathew was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristobal Aimar to maneuver through the defense. Erubiel Endira could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Eleuterio Costante made a huge save. In the 82nd minute, Aaron Gartzea fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Eleuterio Costante, passed just outside the right post. 84 minutes into the game, Honorato Abancens was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mathew's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ProBallControll the free kick. After 84 played minutes Mathew got a freekick which was hit by Honorato Abancens. 88 minutes into the match, Gilberto Che had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Erasmo Oriol. ProBallControll's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gilberto Che was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. In the 93rd minute, Uriel Sayvion 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. Aaron Gartzea took the ball and in the 96 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eleuterio Costante. Eleuterio Costante dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. ProBallControll's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.
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