League

Estadio Sarmiento
Spectators: 6685 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1682, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Honorio Papo kicked off to start the match. When the match had gone on for 4 minutes, Eustaquio Lucado put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Iker Rico. In the 10th minute Cornelio Ellande shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iker Rico saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Iker Rico stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cornelio Ellande's shot from short distance in the 15th minute. After 21 played minutes, Manantial's Paolo Fraco shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Iker Rico 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 Manantial reached it. Ernesto Libertad made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jose Frances in the 23rd minute. In the 23rd minute, Rogelio Brion hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Honorio Papo's late challenge caught a Manantial's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Honorio Papo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 27th minute, Honorio Papo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Manantial getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Guido Kismi hit a great ball. If Cornelio Ellande had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eustaquio Lucado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Iker Rico tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eustaquio Lucado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iker Rico having to interfere. Eustaquio Lucado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iker Rico having to interfere. After the first half Manantial were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eustaquio Lucado stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Cornelio Ellande sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Iker Rico made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eustaquio Lucado in the 71st minute of play. In a very dangerous position, a player in Manantial fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 76th minute. Penalty! Ivan Mikolas's late challenge caught a Sarmiento FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ivan Mikolas helped the player get up and apologised. Ivan Mikolas hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Manantial's Guido Kismi got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 97th minute the ball was on its way in behind Manantial's goalkeeper Ernesto Libertad, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Manantial's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.