League

Catova
Spectators: 6836 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1836, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Caracakingo Adurza got the match started through his kick off. Suero Zubiaga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jerardo Miñano in the 3rd minute of the match. Xeromo Castaños showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Caracakingo Adurza, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. If Euloxu Acha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 9th minute Caracakingo Adurza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xeromo Castaños saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xeromo Castaños took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Euloxu Acha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Caracakingo Adurza in the 16th minute of play forced Catova FC's goalkeeper Xeromo Castaños to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 18 minutes into the match, Catova FC's goal looked a bit too open when Euloxu Acha came free, but Xeromo Castaños reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 20thth minute of the game Caracakingo Adurza who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Catova FC's Xeromo Castaños was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 22 minutes into the match, INDEPENDIENTE MANRIQUE's goalkeeper Suero Zubiaga had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Delmiro Ribero. With a little luck, INDEPENDIENTE MANRIQUE's Suero Zubiaga got control of the ball when Delmiro Ribero tried to sneak it across the goal line. 26 minutes into the match, INDEPENDIENTE MANRIQUE's goal looked a bit too open when Jerardo Miñano came free, but Suero Zubiaga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Suero Zubiaga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jerardo Miñano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Delmiro Ribero managed to get in a good position for a shot. Catova FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Delmiro Ribero was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Suero Zubiaga breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 33rd minute Jerardo Miñano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Suero Zubiaga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Suero Zubiaga made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Ysmael Ibarguen sent off a good shot on target. Suero Zubiaga made an important save on a dangerous shot by Delmiro Ribero in the 42nd minute. In the 46th minute, Caracakingo Adurza left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The INDEPENDIENTE MANRIQUE fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After the first half INDEPENDIENTE MANRIQUE were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sergi Oliva stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Suero Zubiaga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jerardo Miñano in the 52nd minute of play. In the 58th minute, INDEPENDIENTE MANRIQUE's Millan Navaridas seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Millan Navaridas the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of INDEPENDIENTE MANRIQUE protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Millan Navaridas had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Suero Zubiaga had in the 60thth minute some difficulties stopping Conrado Bernal's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 1-1 came in the 60th minute when Conrado Bernal all by himself managed to get straight through the defense and place the ball into the net to the right of Suero Zubiaga. In the 64th minute Jerardo Miñano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Suero Zubiaga saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Delmiro Ribero in the 69th minute of play forced INDEPENDIENTE MANRIQUE's goalkeeper Suero Zubiaga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 72 minutes into the match, INDEPENDIENTE MANRIQUE's goal looked a bit too open when Delmiro Ribero came free, but Suero Zubiaga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Suero Zubiaga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Delmiro Ribero in the 79th minute of play. 81 minutes into the match, INDEPENDIENTE MANRIQUE's goal looked a bit too open when Delmiro Ribero came free, but Suero Zubiaga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Sergi Oliva's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Suero Zubiaga was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. After 85 played minutes INDEPENDIENTE MANRIQUE got a freekick which was hit by Eriberto Castañeda. Euloxu Acha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Xeromo Castaños tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sergi Oliva in the 91st minute of play forced INDEPENDIENTE MANRIQUE's goalkeeper Suero Zubiaga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Catova FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.