League

Ramallo Buenos Aires
Spectators: 4378 (Terracing: 4200, Seating: 178, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ricardo Esdras got the match started through his kick off. After 3 minutes, Gaston Urko mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the RAMALLO BS AS and the DHARMA players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 3 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for RAMALLO BS AS! Victoriano Claris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jeronimo Ariando in the 7th minute of play. Ricardo Esdras had several of the DHARMA's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 11 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-1 score and a disappointed Edelmiro Escobar as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 15th minute, Ricardo Esdras 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 audience thought a goal was coming when Nicolas Chesus got free with Edelmiro Escobar in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. RAMALLO BS AS's Victoriano Claris played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Enzo Jerico in the 20th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ricardo Esdras in the 22nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Edelmiro Escobar saved DHARMA from getting behind. If Ricardo Esdras had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Apolo Elorri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edelmiro Escobar having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ricardo Esdras in the 35th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Edelmiro Escobar prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ricardo Esdrass short, quick shot in the 36thth minute got Edelmiro Escobar to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Enzo Jerico fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Victoriano Claris having to interfere. Enzo Jerico fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Victoriano Claris having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Enzo Jerico to make the kick off. Apolo Elorri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 53rd minute Ricardo Esdras shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edelmiro Escobar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 54th minute, Apolo Elorri 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. With 61 minutes on the clock, Edelmiro Efren commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 62nd match minute, RAMALLO BS AS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edelmiro Efren to maneuver through the defense. Victoriano Claris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enzo Jerico in the 65th minute of the match. In the 66th minute, Nicolas Chesus left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The RAMALLO BS AS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. After having played for 74 minutes, Victorino Porfirio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. RAMALLO BS AS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Victorino Porfirio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Edelmiro Escobar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Simon Rey in the 75th minute of the match. Victoriano Claris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jairo Javiero in the 77th minute of the match. RAMALLO BS AS's Victoriano Claris proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save RAMALLO BS AS from getting a goal against them. Paulino Shepherd could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Victoriano Claris made a huge save. Apolo Elorri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Edelmiro Escobar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jairo Javiero in the 89th minute of play forced RAMALLO BS AS's goalkeeper Victoriano Claris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nicolas Chesus received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Edelmiro Escobar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Edelmiro Escobar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolas Chesus in the 93rd minute of play. Nicolas Chesus sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nicolas Chesus fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edelmiro Escobar having to interfere. There was no doubt that RAMALLO BS AS were the better team. RAMALLO BS AS's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.