Battle of death
Spectators: 196 (Terracing: 148,
Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) Julio De Leon made the kick off and thus started the match. Oswaldo Malla's late challenge caught a ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Oswaldo Malla helped the player get up and apologised. In the 3rd minute, Oswaldo Malla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Santio Cabello received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Milton Diaz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 9 minutes into the match, Oswaldo Malla had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Milton Diaz. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Oswaldo Malla was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 12 minutes into the match, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goal looked a bit too open when Santio Cabello came free, but Milton Diaz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nova Soccer's Vedillo Biosca proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Nova Soccer from getting a goal against them. After 21 minutes of play, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Raul Brandao made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vedillo Biosca was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Julio De Leon in the 24th minute of play forced Nova Soccer's goalkeeper Vedillo Biosca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Santio Cabello's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Milton Diaz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 28th minute of play. Nova Soccer's Oswaldo Malla got a good chance for a goal in the 30th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Raul Henríguez hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Milton Diaz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santio Cabello, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. After a rather tough play, Nova Soccer's Dodorol Munibe got a free kick in the 38th minute. Nova Soccer's Vedillo Biosca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julio De Leon in the 44th minute of play.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Santio Cabello was the one to do the kick off. Nova Soccer's Vedillo Biosca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julio De Leon in the 55th minute of play. Dodorol Munibe hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. After having played for 57 minutes, Raul Brandao managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Raul Brandao was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 58 minutes, Orlando Ramos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Orlando Ramos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Julio De Leon struck a weak shot in the 60th minute. Vedillo Biosca didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ►Las Mercedes F.C◄. A collision led to ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Orlando Ramos hit a great ball. Santio Cabello 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. 66 minutes into the game, Nesor Perdiz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nova Soccer's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ the free kick. In the 66th minute, Nesor Perdiz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 69th minute, one of Nova Soccer:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Nova Soccer. Nova Soccer were awarded a corner in the 78th minute after ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Oswaldo Malla took the corner. After taking down the ball on Nova Soccer's corner Oswaldo Malla fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Milton Diaz quite easily take care of the ball. Nova Soccer's Vedillo Biosca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julio De Leon in the 79th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Azael Valdez during the 82nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Azael Valdez hit a great ball. 84 minutes into the match, Nova Soccer's goal looked a bit too open when Orlando Ramos came free, but Vedillo Biosca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, Raul Brandao had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vedillo Biosca. Nova Soccer's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Raul Brandao was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. 93 minutes into the game, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Hermes Pinilla nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vedillo Biosca made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. Nova Soccer's Vedillo Biosca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hermes Pinilla in the 97th minute of play. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.
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