League

Santa Rita Arriba Es
Spectators: 6774 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 0) Nuevo Guararé's Javier Rios 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Javier Rios in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cheito García saved Santa Rita Arriba from getting behind. In the 17th minute Antonio Carranza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cheito García saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Javier Rios hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Cheito García didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Matias Sánchez went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Antonio Carranza succeeded in the game's 25th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-2. A collision led to Santa Rita Arriba getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Lucho De Diego hit a great ball. Cheito García showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Javier Rios, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. In the 38th minute of the match Alejandro Villalobos shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cheito García showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Cheito García stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Javier Rios's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. Pedro Spadafora hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Santa Rita Arriba's Jorge Sánchez got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Pedro Spadafora's late challenge caught a Nuevo Guararé's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pedro Spadafora helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Santa Rita Arriba getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Pedro Spadafora hit a great ball. Cheito García showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antonio Carranza in the 46th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Javier Rios in the 48th minute of play forced Santa Rita Arriba's goalkeeper Cheito García to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half Nuevo Guararé were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Moisés Vergara to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Javier Rios's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cheito García was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. Pedro Spadafora was shown his second yellow card after 57 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Pedro Spadafora hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. After having played for 65 minutes, Antonio Carranza managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nuevo Guararé's supporters crossed their fingers, but Antonio Carranza was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, Santa Rita Arriba's Cheito García got control of the ball when Antonio Carranza tried to sneak it across the goal line. Matias Sánchez kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. 73 minutes into the match, Moisés Vergara had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jose Torrijos. Nuevo Guararé's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Moisés Vergara was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. In the 79th minute, Matias Sánchez 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. Santa Rita Arriba's Cheito García proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Santa Rita Arriba from getting a goal against them. Matias Sánchez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Cheito García tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Matias Sánchez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Cheito García tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Santa Rita Arriba's zone, Antonio Carranza stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cheito García came out of the goal and Antonio Carranza tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nuevo Guararé's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.