League

Vieja Arena
Spectators: 8136 (Terracing: 6103, Seating: 1871, VIP seats: 162) C.S. Shadow's Lucio Oxarra started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Camacho Palmades showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zenon Ligas, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, Lucio Oxarra managed to get in a good position for a shot. C.S. Shadow's supporters rose to their feet, but Lucio Oxarra was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Adalberto Salas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 6th minute of the match, Bagui Monterros tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Adalberto Salas saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by Lithium Sporting Club's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fabio Padierna was slow to take the kick. During this time C.S. Shadow's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Fabio Padierna almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Lithium Sporting Club's Adalberto Salas did a great save. After 10 minutes, Zenon Ligas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lithium Sporting Club and the C.S. Shadow players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 10th match minute, Lithium Sporting Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zenon Ligas to maneuver through the defense. 11 minutes into the game, Bagui Monterros was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. C.S. Shadow's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Lithium Sporting Club the free kick. Bagui Monterros kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Lucio Oxarra's late challenge caught a Lithium Sporting Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lucio Oxarra helped the player get up and apologised. In the 15th minute of the match, Lucio Oxarra got a very nice opportunity to score, but Adalberto Salas was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Lucio Oxarra scored 1-0 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Adalberto Salas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 20 minutes into the match, Fabio Padierna notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Lithium Sporting Club's Adalberto Salas. Adalberto Salas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, Lithium Sporting Club's Antoni Kociniewski got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Camacho Palmades took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antoni Kociniewski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bagui Monterros fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adalberto Salas having to interfere. When Xelo Guau came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the C.S. Shadow 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 Xelo Guau couldn't finish the play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bagui Monterros got free with Adalberto Salas in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some careless play in the Lithium Sporting Club defense, Fabio Padierna kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Adalberto Salas. The Lithium Sporting Club fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Adalberto Salas should have stopped the shot. In the 39th minute, Fabio Padierna left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The C.S. Shadow fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Lucio Oxarra got his second yellow card in the match during the 47th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 47th minute, Lucio Oxarra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nicolas Palazuelo made a kick off. After 54 played minutes Lithium Sporting Club got a freekick which was hit by Gabi Gol. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabi Gol in the 56th minute of play forced C.S. Shadow's goalkeeper Camacho Palmades to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. C.S. Shadow's Camacho Palmades proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save C.S. Shadow from getting a goal against them. Bagui Monterros fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adalberto Salas having to interfere. Lithium Sporting Club made a substitution. Chico Abouza replaced Arthur Lago. A collision led to C.S. Shadow getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Fabio Padierna hit a great ball. If Bagui Monterros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 70th minute Zenon Ligas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Camacho Palmades saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nicolas Palazuelo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Camacho Palmades came out and tried to block the shot, but Nicolas Palazuelo slotted it home off the left post making it 4-1 in the 71st minute. Bagui Monterros recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 77th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Xelo Guau fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adalberto Salas having to interfere. Maximo Barcenas hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. If Bagui Monterros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, C.S. Shadow's Camacho Palmades got control of the ball when Nicolas Palazuelo tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Xelo Guau managed to get in a good position for a shot. C.S. Shadow's supporters rose to their feet, but Xelo Guau was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Adalberto Salas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Camacho Palmades showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicolas Palazuelo in the 91st minute of the match. Fabio Padierna received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Adalberto Salas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Lithium Sporting Club's Maximo Barcenas got a free kick in the 97th minute. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. C.S. Shadow had played much better football throughout.