League

La Tranquera
Spectators: 8520 (Terracing: 6391, Seating: 1959, VIP seats: 170) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Urtats Santillion made the kick off which started today's match. After a defensive mix-up in Club YALE's zone, Urtats Santillion stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Odilón Guardas came out of the goal and Urtats Santillion tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of La Murguita booed when Club YALE was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Naelio Serrano didn't get a good kick on the ball. Odilón Guardas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aktaç Ballı in the 9th minute of play. In the 15th minute, Xepe Balcells left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Club YALE fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. If Xepe Balcells had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 23rd minute Xepe Balcells shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelino Garival saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Odilón Guardas managed to avoid a goal in the 28thth minute, when La Murguita's Urtats Santillion fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Marcelino Garival made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xepe Balcells in the 30th minute of play. Club YALE were awarded a corner in the 31th minute after La Murguita's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Xepe Balcells took the corner. The corner ended in Xepe Balcells almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but La Murguita's Marcelino Garival did a great save. In the 33rd minute, Xepe Balcells left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Club YALE fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. 38 minutes into the game, Sidney Baptista was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. La Murguita's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Club YALE the free kick. A collision led to La Murguita getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Sidney Baptista hit a great ball. In the 39th minute of the match Xepe Balcells sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Marcelino Garival skillfully saved the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xepe Balcells in the 43rd minute of play forced La Murguita's goalkeeper Marcelino Garival to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 44 minutes, Isak Trillkott mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Club YALE and the La Murguita players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 44th match minute, Club YALE was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Isak Trillkott to maneuver through the defense.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Xepe Balcells made a kick off. When Urtats Santillion came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the La Murguita fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Urtats Santillion couldn't finish the play. Club YALE's Odilón Guardas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aktaç Ballı in the 56th minute of play. Marcelino Garival stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Xepe Balcells's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. Club YALE's attentive Rodrigo Bentancor managed to snatch the ball when Robert Björklund made a throw-in in the 60th minute of the game. When the match clock showed 61 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Xepe Balcells sped through La Murguita's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Marcelino Garival. Aktaç Ballı fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Odilón Guardas having to interfere. Marcelino Garival took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xepe Balcells, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Club YALE's Rodrigo Bentancor got a free kick in the 68th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aktaç Ballı in the 69th minute of play forced Club YALE's goalkeeper Odilón Guardas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcelino Garival showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xepe Balcells, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. The supporters of Club YALE booed when La Murguita was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristi Iovan didn't get a good kick on the ball. La Murguita made a substitution. Gomez Arenzana replaced Gabino Gamboa. In the 80th minute, Urtats Santillion made a precise shot to the right of Odilón Guardas. Club YALE's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-3. After 82 played minutes La Murguita got a freekick which was hit by Pasqual Ballestero. Santxol Valcazar's late challenge caught a La Murguita's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Santxol Valcazar helped the player get up and apologised. Urtats Santillion's late challenge caught a Club YALE's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Urtats Santillion helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to La Murguita getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Urtats Santillion hit a great ball. Marcelino Garival showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xepe Balcells, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Xepe Balcells who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 87thth minute tested the skills of Marcelino Garival when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Xepe Balcells did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-4 to the left of a surprised Marcelino Garival 87 minutes into the match. Through an outstanding action, after 91 minutes, Marcelino Garival successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The La Murguita supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Club YALE's performance. The match ended with a win for Club YALE.