League

Faro
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Rolando Medero started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the game, Pedro Ochoa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Adrian Sotero was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the match had gone on for 7 minutes, Gustavo-Hernán Egoi put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Adrian Sotero. In the 10th minute the ball was on its way in behind Faro AFC's goalkeeper Adrian Sotero, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Gustavo-Hernán Egoi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 19 minutes into the game, Gustavo-Hernán Egoi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Adrian Sotero was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 25 minutes into the match, Faro AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Pedro Ochoa came free, but Adrian Sotero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26th minute, Gustavo-Hernán Egoi made a precise shot to the right of Adrian Sotero. Faro AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. Ke Xun kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. 32 minutes into the match, Ke Xun had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Adrian Sotero. Faro AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ke Xun was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. The Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka fans' excitement grew in the 37th match minute when Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's Pedro Ochoa looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-6 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedro Ochoa in the 40th minute of play forced Faro AFC's goalkeeper Adrian Sotero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Adrian Sotero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Ochoa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Aaron Jokin in the 43rd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Aurelio Montae during the 46th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 46th match minute, Faro AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aurelio Montae to maneuver through the defense.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Pedro Ochoa was the one to do the kick off. Pedro Ochoa received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Adrian Sotero came out and tried to block the shot, but Pedro Ochoa slotted it home off the left post making it 0-7 in the 52nd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's Bengt-Arne Åberg slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Adrian Sotero. That made the score 0-8 after 60 minutes of play. A collision led to Faro AFC getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Benjamin Arlo hit a great ball. After 64 played minutes Faro AFC got a freekick which was hit by Aurelio Montae. Aaron Jokin might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Adrian Sotero. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Aaron Jokin ran back to his position shaking his head. Adrian Sotero made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bengt-Arne Åberg in the 69th minute. After 70 minutes of play, Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's Bengt-Arne Åberg made it 0-9 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Adrian Sotero was left in no man's land by his defense there! Bengt-Arne Åberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adrian Sotero having to interfere. Jesus Tauro hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bengt-Arne Åberg got free with Adrian Sotero in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Bengt-Arne Åberg came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Bengt-Arne Åberg couldn't finish the play. Jesus Tauro hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Bengt-Arne Åberg scored 0-10 in the 81st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Adrian Sotero, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Bengt-Arne Åberg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Adrian Sotero made a huge save. Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's Segundo Hanot managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Atilano Mano in the 86 minute of the game. 89 minutes into the game, one of Faro AFC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 91 minutes, Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's Aaron Jokin got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Adrian Sotero. Generoso Gonzalez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricardo Berdaitz in the 95th minute of the match. Rauno Rank hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. When the match was over Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Faro AFC throughout the match.