League

George Capwell
Spectators: 8414 (Terracing: 6311, Seating: 1935, VIP seats: 168) The audience was convinced that Osvaldo Somoza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but González Juan was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. González Juan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xesus Cortes in the 14th minute of the match. 22 minutes into the game, Xesus Cortes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. González Juan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. González Juan didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Revolución Joao FC's Denis Negral shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. Jesse De Weijgaert got his second yellow card in the match during the 28th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind Revolución Joao FC's goalkeeper Joel Ahonen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 34 played minutes Club Sport Emelec got a freekick which was hit by Lirian Gacev. Pedro Adriano charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pedro Adriano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Leif Helander kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. Joel Ahonen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leif Helander, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Joel Ahonen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leif Helander, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. González Juan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Denis Negral, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. 42 minutes into the game, Leif Helander was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Club Sport Emelec's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Revolución Joao FC the free kick. After 42 played minutes Club Sport Emelec got a freekick which was hit by Leif Helander. Club Sport Emelec's González Juan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Osvaldo Somoza in the 46th minute of play. González Juan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xesus Cortes in the 47th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mateus Arvelo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mateus Arvelo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joel Ahonen having to interfere. In the 57th minute, Revolución Joao FC's Xesus Cortes ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind González Juan. González Juan yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. Club Sport Emelec's González Juan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xesus Cortes in the 59th minute of play. Revolución Joao FC's Osvaldo Somoza got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Angel Quintana recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 68th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Club Sport Emelec's González Juan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save Club Sport Emelec from getting a goal against them. Revolución Joao FC's Xesus Cortes got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. González Juan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Angel Quintana in the 73rd minute. Club Sport Emelec's González Juan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xesus Cortes in the 74th minute of play. In the 76th minute of the match Revolución Joao FC got a corner. Club Sport Emelec's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Osvaldo Somoza ran over to the corner to take the kick. González Juan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Denis Negral in the 77th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Leif Helander managed to get in a good position for a shot. Club Sport Emelec's supporters rose to their feet, but Leif Helander was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Joel Ahonen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 84th minute, Espinoza Trasierra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Joel Ahonen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mateus Arvelo in the 85th minute of the match. After 86 minutes Revolución Joao FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Leif Helander who took care of the corner kick. Pedro Adriano made a great header on Club Sport Emelec's corner, it was just that Revolución Joao FC's Joel Ahonen managed to reach the ball for a save. A collision led to Club Sport Emelec getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Eduardo Zambranos hit a great ball. González Juan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Xesus Cortes in the 91st minute. Through an outstanding action, after 93 minutes, González Juan successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Xesus Cortes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. González Juan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Revolución Joao FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.