Soccer Arena
Spectators: 7507 (Terracing: 5631,
Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Anselmo Esdras got the match started through his kick off. Quintin Saldana made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alvaro Hernando in the 4th minute of play. In the 5th minute, Nicasio Mendebal left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The RIVER fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Quintin Saldana took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvaro Hernando, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Quintin Saldana showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anselmo Esdras in the 16th minute of the match. In the 17th minute Alvaro Hernando shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Quintin Saldana saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Cosmos Soccer Club booed when RIVER was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gerardo Ixaka didn't get a good kick on the ball. 23 minutes into the match, RIVER's goal looked a bit too open when Alvin Santiago came free, but Narciso Jerrald reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Narciso Jerrald showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvin Santiago, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Cristian Jerardo kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Cosmos Soccer Club's Narciso Jerrald threw himself towards the right post 27 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Marcus Maher, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Narciso Jerrald showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcus Maher in the 35th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Anselmo Esdras's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Quintin Saldana was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. In the 44th match minute, RIVER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicasio Mendebal to maneuver through the defense. Emilio Felipe Poyer took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 45th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Narciso Jerrald. RIVER's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.
The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Marcus Maher to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Claude Tuttle had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Narciso Jerrald. RIVER's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Claude Tuttle was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. RIVER's Narciso Jerrald played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvin Santiago in the 55th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcus Maher in the 58th minute of play forced RIVER's goalkeeper Narciso Jerrald to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Narciso Jerrald showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvin Santiago, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claude Tuttle in the 65th minute of play forced RIVER's goalkeeper Narciso Jerrald to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Quintin Saldana showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvaro Hernando, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Narciso Jerrald showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvin Santiago, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Narciso Jerrald took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvin Santiago, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Narciso Jerrald showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcus Maher, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. 73 minutes into the match, Marcus Maher notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of RIVER's Narciso Jerrald. Narciso Jerrald was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nicasio Mendebal charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nicasio Mendebal the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, RIVER's Nicasio Mendebal got a free kick in the 78th minute. Narciso Jerrald took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvin Santiago, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 81st match minute, Cosmos Soccer Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emilio Felipe Poyer to maneuver through the defense. Candido Opilano was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 88 minutes into the match. After 89 played minutes RIVER got a freekick which was hit by Candido Opilano. After having played for 89 minutes, Claude Tuttle managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cosmos Soccer Club's supporters crossed their fingers, but Claude Tuttle was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Narciso Jerrald made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alvin Santiago in the 92nd minute of play. Narciso Jerrald made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcus Maher in the 93rd minute of play.
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