League

Helston Park
Spectators: 6944 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1944, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Shawn Palencia started the match with the kick off. Paolo Guerra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Menjivar in the 10th minute of play. Mevagissey's Luis Menjivar got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luis Menjivar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Paolo Guerra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 20th match minute, Helston AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Shawn Palencia to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Mevagissey getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Isaac Erazo hit a great ball. Diego Morales sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 27th minute Luis Menjivar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paolo Guerra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Francisco Madariaga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 32ndth minute of the game Francisco Madariaga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Helston AFC's Paolo Guerra was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 34 minutes, Alejandro Guerrero mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mevagissey and the Helston AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. 35 minutes into the match, Helston AFC's Shawn Palencia sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nicolás Díaz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to Mevagissey getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Alejandro Guerrero hit a great ball. 41 minutes into the match, Francisco Madariaga had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Paolo Guerra. Helston AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Francisco Madariaga was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Francisco Madariaga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Helston AFC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Mevagissey were winning 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Luis Menjivar was the one to do the kick off. When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Luis Menjivar took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Paolo Guerra to make any attempt to save it. With a little luck, Helston AFC's Paolo Guerra got control of the ball when Francisco Madariaga tried to sneak it across the goal line. Luis Menjivar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 72nd minute of the match, Luis Menjivar tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Paolo Guerra saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 75th minute, Helston AFC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Luis Menjivar fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 77th minute, Mevagissey's Luis Menjivar ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Paolo Guerra. Paolo Guerra yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. 80 minutes into the match, Helston AFC's goalkeeper Paolo Guerra had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Francisco Madariaga. When Diego Morales fell near the penalty area in the 80th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Helston AFC's protests and gave Diego Morales a yellow card for diving instead. In the 80th minute, Diego Morales hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luis Menjivar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paolo Guerra having to interfere. Helston AFC's Paolo Guerra proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Helston AFC from getting a goal against them. With his leg Paolo Guerra managed to avoid a goal in the 89thth minute, when Mevagissey's Francisco Madariaga fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Luis Menjivar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paolo Guerra having to interfere. If Francisco Madariaga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Paolo Guerra made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Francisco Madariaga sent off a good shot on target.