League

Joanico
Spectators: 6706 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1706, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Batista Conti started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd minute, Grabiel Salgueiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpected shot in the 6th minute by Eulalio Rivacoba got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the last second Florencio Averasturi throw himself and got hold of the ball when Fernan Romano in the 8thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Fernandez Larabiedra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rameriz Vilarrubia in the 9th minute of play. Coronilla's Batista Conti got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luisito Herro's late challenge caught a Coronilla's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luisito Herro helped the player get up and apologised. Nel Simon took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 14th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Fernandez Larabiedra. Joanico AFC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Batista Conti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Fernandez Larabiedra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Batista Conti's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fernandez Larabiedra was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Camilo Betancurt charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Camilo Betancurt the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 27 minutes into the game, Rameriz Vilarrubia cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Fernandez Larabiedra was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Rameriz Vilarrubia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fernandez Larabiedra having to interfere. In the 33rd minute, Batista Conti 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. If Eulalio Rivacoba had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fernan Romano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Florencio Averasturi having to interfere. Rameriz Vilarrubia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fernandez Larabiedra having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fernan Romano stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Fernandez Larabiedra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Buinton Mesones, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Florencio Averasturi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eulalio Rivacoba, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rameriz Vilarrubia got free with Fernandez Larabiedra in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Batista Conti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Fernandez Larabiedra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rameriz Vilarrubia's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 62ndth minute, Fernandez Larabiedra skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 64th minute, Rameriz Vilarrubia 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. 72 minutes into the match, Coronilla's Rameriz Vilarrubia sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fernandez Larabiedra narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Fernan Romano came up free with the goalie in the 75th minute, the Joanico AFC 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 Fernan Romano couldn't finish the play. Eulalio Rivacoba received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Florencio Averasturi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Coronilla booed when Joanico AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eulalio Rivacoba didn't get a good kick on the ball. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.