League

Olímpico de Bonao
Spectators: 10831 (Terracing: 8124, Seating: 2491, VIP seats: 216) Mario Avilés made the kick off and thus started the match. A hard shot 9 in the game by Abel Santana from a close distance when the talented Andy Espinoza managed to make a qualified save. Royal Caribbean's players were relieved. In the 13th match minute, Royal Caribbean was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eberardo Olivares to maneuver through the defense. 15 minutes into the game, Roque Boyd was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Royal Caribbean's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Estudiantes de Bonao the free kick. Mario Avilés fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bernard Macedo having to interfere. In the 34th minute Eberardo Olivares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernard Macedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bernard Macedo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tony Sepúlveda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 45th minute, Baltasar Nava 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 score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abel Santana to make the kick off. Andy Espinoza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Baltasar Nava, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Lucio Roig fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Andy Espinoza having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, Abel Santana managed to get in a good position for a shot. Estudiantes de Bonao's supporters rose to their feet, but Abel Santana was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Andy Espinoza breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Eberardo Olivares succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-1 in the 68th playminute. When Eberardo Olivares came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Royal Caribbean 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 Eberardo Olivares couldn't finish the play. Bernard Macedo acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 82nd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Al Schultz. Bernard Macedo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eberardo Olivares in the 88th minute.