League

Estadio Espora
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Espora's Elano Urbano 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. Mikael Lind recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 4th minute, Sons of Anarchy's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Elano Urbano fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Elano Urbano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fulgencio Sotil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Rene Rik tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mikael Lind got free with César Ludwig in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Ignacio Gaizkine had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 26 minutes into the game, Teodoro Loreto was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sons of Anarchy's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Espora the free kick. The supporters of Espora booed when Sons of Anarchy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Teodoro Loreto didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 37th minute, Elano Urbano 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. Rene Rik showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fulgencio Sotil, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. After the first half Sons of Anarchy were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Emilio Elodio to make the kick off. César Ludwig made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abel Gaztea in the 53rd minute of play. Mikael Lind might have been able to make a better finish in the 55th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over César Ludwig. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mikael Lind ran back to his position shaking his head. 57 minutes into the game, Fulgencio Sotil was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sons of Anarchy's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Espora the free kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Abel Gaztea in the 62nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck César Ludwig prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 64th minute Emilio Elodio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rene Rik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Adriana Rios fell near the penalty area in the 69th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Espora's protests and gave Adriana Rios a yellow card for diving instead. Haroldo Garoa's late challenge caught a Sons of Anarchy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Haroldo Garoa helped the player get up and apologised. In a very dangerous position, a player in Espora fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 71st minute. Penalty! The referee gave Sons of Anarchy a penalty, 73 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Marcelino Leheren, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Espora's Rene Rik. 0-2. After 76 minutes, Tomas Pirmin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sons of Anarchy and the Espora players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Sons of Anarchy's Tomas Pirmin got a free kick in the 76th minute. Espora's Mikael Lind got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Elano Urbano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. César Ludwig tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 81st minute, Mikael Lind left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Espora fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. The crowd rose to their feet as Sons of Anarchy's Emilio Elodio slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Rene Rik. That made the score 1-3 after 88 minutes of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fulgencio Sotil got free with Rene Rik in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. César Ludwig showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikael Lind in the 99th minute of the match. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Espora lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.