League

INDEPENDIENTE
Spectators: 7778 (Terracing: 5834, Seating: 1789, VIP seats: 155) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nicolás Gómez got the match started through his kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Luis Oberto managed to get in a good position for a shot. C.A. INDEPENDIENTE's supporters rose to their feet, but Luis Oberto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eloy Fernandez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 6th minute Ulpiano Gomez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Monchi Arauz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ulpiano Gomez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Monchi Arauz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 15 played minutes, Garachiné F.C.'s Alexis Castillero shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Monchi Arauz came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Garachiné F.C. reached it. When Luchito Herrera fell near the penalty area in the 16th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored C.A. INDEPENDIENTE's protests and gave Luchito Herrera a yellow card for diving instead. In the 17th minute, Luchito Herrera hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ivan Spadafora was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 18th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 26th minute, Ulpiano Gomez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Monchi Arauz was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 29th minute, Ulpiano Gomez 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. Felipe Alfaro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Monchi Arauz having to interfere. Luis Oberto's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Eloy Fernandez firmly grabbed it by the left post. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Felipe Alfaro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Garachiné F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Felipe Alfaro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Monchi Arauz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Felipe Alfaro to make the kick off. With a little luck, C.A. INDEPENDIENTE's Monchi Arauz got control of the ball when Ulpiano Gomez tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Felipe Alfaro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Monchi Arauz was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. When Garachiné F.C.'s Ulpiano Gomez in the 58th minute got a chance for a shot 58th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye C.A. INDEPENDIENTE's goalie prevented a goal. In the 58th match minute, C.A. INDEPENDIENTE was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luchito Herrera to maneuver through the defense. Felipe Alfaro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Monchi Arauz having to interfere. Monchi Arauz stood somewhat misplaced when Felipe Alfaro came free in front of goal and shot 1-2 to the left of him in the 62 minute. Ulpiano Gomezs short, quick shot in the 65thth minute got Monchi Arauz to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Monchi Arauz was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Felipe Alfaro showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-3 in the 73 minute of play. In the 81st minute, Ulpiano Gomez 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. Ulpiano Gomez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Monchi Arauz having to interfere. Monchi Arauz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ulpiano Gomez went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. When the final whistle sounded Garachiné F.C. left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than C.A. INDEPENDIENTE.