League

Alejandro Villanueva
Spectators: 8440 (Terracing: 6331, Seating: 1941, VIP seats: 168) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Oliver Atom took the kick off in the first half of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Acad.Juvenil Alianza Lima's Mei Xing Qiang slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Betadur Aramberri. That made the score 1-0 after 4 minutes of play. Dino Bejarano hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Jordi Rubin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mino Zumiel in the 10th minute of play. In the 14th minute, Oliver Atom left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Acad.Juvenil Alianza Lima fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Jordi Rubin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sancho Ruedas, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Mei Xing Qiang received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Betadur Aramberri came out and tried to block the shot, but Mei Xing Qiang slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 21st minute. 25 minutes into the match, Acad.Juvenil Alianza Lima's goal looked a bit too open when Mino Zumiel came free, but Jordi Rubin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26th match minute, Acad.Juvenil Alianza Lima was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tiso Hortega to maneuver through the defense. When Sancho Ruedas came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Calicantro 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 Sancho Ruedas couldn't finish the play. Betadur Aramberri made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when Oliver Atom sent off a good shot on target. After 33 minutes, Sancho Ruedas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Calicantro and the Acad.Juvenil Alianza Lima players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Calicantro's Sancho Ruedas got a free kick in the 33rd minute. 37 minutes into the match, Calicantro's goal looked a bit too open when Mei Xing Qiang came free, but Betadur Aramberri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jordi Rubin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mino Zumiel in the 38th minute of play. Alfonso Iribe hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. In the 44th minute Mei Xing Qiang shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Betadur Aramberri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jordi Rubin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mino Zumiel in the 48th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Jordi Rubin didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 53rd minute, which inside left pole to 3-1. With an all-out effort, Calicantro's Jordi Rubin threw himself towards the right post 59 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jesco Paradela, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With a little luck, Acad.Juvenil Alianza Lima's Jordi Rubin got control of the ball when Sancho Ruedas tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 66th minute, Dieter Beckfeld ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jordi Rubin was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. In the 70th minute Mino Zumiel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jordi Rubin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sancho Ruedas got free with Jordi Rubin in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oliver Atom in the 88th minute of play forced Calicantro's goalkeeper Betadur Aramberri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 91 minutes, Alfonso Iribe managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Acad.Juvenil Alianza Lima's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alfonso Iribe was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.