League

Herne Bay
Spectators: 6774 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 0) Rene Zepeda started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Herne Bay City's Armando Bustamante played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Waldir Mena in the 5th minute of play. Waldir Mena fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Armando Bustamante having to interfere. Armando Bustamante took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rene Zepeda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 14th minute MARATHON were awarded a corner. Alejandro Salamanca went to the cornerflag to take it. Yasir Viscarra thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Armando Bustamante, a very annoying self made goal in the 14th minute which led to 0-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Paolo Brizuela kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Selvin Carranza. That made the score 1-1 in the 18 minute of play. If Rene Zepeda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Rene Zepeda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Selvin Carranza didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Herne Bay City's Eraldo Henriquez shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-1 in the ordered_time% minute. If Rene Zepeda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee felt a red card was in order, 31 minutes into the game, when Avilio Osorio put in a rough tackle. Selvin Carranza made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Eraldo Henriquez sent off a good shot on target. Rene Zepeda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Armando Bustamante having to interfere. Selvin Carranza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eraldo Henriquez in the 40th minute of play. After having played for 42 minutes, Waldir Mena managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. MARATHON's supporters crossed their fingers, but Waldir Mena was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Armando Bustamante made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Waldir Mena in the 44th minute of play. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Eraldo Henriquez made a kick off. MARATHON's Selvin Carranza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eraldo Henriquez in the 53rd minute of play. Eraldo Henriquez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Selvin Carranza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Waldir Mena got free with Armando Bustamante in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 62 minutes into the match, MARATHON's goal looked a bit too open when Eraldo Henriquez came free, but Selvin Carranza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mariano Bustamante kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Eraldo Henriquez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Selvin Carranza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eraldo Henriquez in the 68th minute of play. Waldir Mena sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eraldo Henriquez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Selvin Carranza having to interfere. After 77 minutes of play, Herne Bay City's Eraldo Henriquez made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Selvin Carranza was left in no man's land by his defense there! Selvin Carranza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eraldo Henriquez in the 86th minute of play. 90 minutes into the match, MARATHON's Waldir Mena sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Armando Bustamante narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Eraldo Henriquez managed to get in a good position for a shot. Herne Bay City's supporters rose to their feet, but Eraldo Henriquez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Selvin Carranza breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.