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Match Report
La Bombonera
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The audience thought a goal was coming when Diego Maradona got free with Apolo Santxol in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 10th minute Marin Jumancă shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Óscar Cordoba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marin Jumancă's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Óscar Cordoba read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 18th minute of play. Huckebein's Apolo Santxol proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save Huckebein from getting a goal against them. 23 minutes into the match, Sporting de Gijón's goal looked a bit too open when Marin Jumancă came free, but Óscar Cordoba reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Venancio Emesto got free with Apolo Santxol in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by Huckebein's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Saturnino Curcio was slow to take the kick. During this time Sporting de Gijón's players had a chance to rest. Saturnino Curcio made a great header on Sporting de Gijón's corner, it was just that Huckebein's Apolo Santxol managed to reach the ball for a save. After 28 played minutes Huckebein got a freekick which was hit by Alvaro Perez. Óscar Cordoba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marin Jumancă in the 31st minute of the match. Óscar Cordoba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mehmet Ferit Ayçetin in the 38th minute of the match. Óscar Cordoba stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marin Jumancă's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. Apolo Santxol showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Maradona, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. In the 43rd minute, Abel Hermon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 48 minutes into the game, Venancio Emesto cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Apolo Santxol was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Matias Bilintx to make the kick off. Eriberto Terra kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. Diego Maradona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Apolo Santxol tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 60 minutes into the match, Sporting de Gijón's goal looked a bit too open when Marin Jumancă came free, but Óscar Cordoba reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 62nd minute, Matias Bilintx ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Apolo Santxol was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wayne Rooney in the 65th minute of play forced Huckebein's goalkeeper Apolo Santxol to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Apolo Santxol stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Wayne Rooney's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Matias Bilintx in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Apolo Santxol saved Huckebein from getting behind. Óscar Cordoba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marin Jumancă in the 67th minute of the match. Apolo Santxol made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wayne Rooney in the 73rd minute of play. Huckebein's Gwidon Augustyn was substituted for Mehmet Ferit Ayçetin. Huckebein's Wolfgang Dalkvist was substituted for Marin Jumancă. The corner ended in Saturnino Curcio almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Huckebein's Apolo Santxol did a great save. Abel Hermon charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Abel Hermon the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Huckebein's Abel Hermon got a free kick in the 77th minute. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by Huckebein's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Saturnino Curcio was slow to take the kick. During this time Sporting de Gijón's players had a chance to rest. In the 83rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Huckebein's goalkeeper Apolo Santxol, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Wolfgang Dalkvist got free with Óscar Cordoba in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kauan de Barros made in the 91st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Mario Zanabria. Diego Maradona's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Apolo Santxol read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 92nd minute of play. 97 minutes into the game, Diego Maradona cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Apolo Santxol was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. There was no doubt that Sporting de Gijón were the better team. Sporting de Gijón's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.
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