League

Maracaná
Spectators: 7522 (Terracing: 5642, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Niceto Ascencio made the kick off which started today's match. Rafael Artal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Severiano Larpe, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Talacasto's Rafael Artal proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save Talacasto from getting a goal against them. Severiano Larpe received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Rafael Artal came out and tried to block the shot, but Severiano Larpe slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 14th minute. After a rather tough play, El Fla's Hilario Gervaso got a free kick in the 17th minute. 19 minutes into the game, Saverio Ferdinand recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Rafael Artal. Saverio Ferdinand showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-0. In the 22nd minute Severiano Larpe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rafael Artal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Severiano Larpe did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 4-0 to the left of a surprised Rafael Artal 22 minutes into the match. Rafael Artal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Severiano Larpe in the 26th minute of the match. 31 minutes into the match, El Fla's goal looked a bit too open when Octavio Paulin came free, but Veniamin Tsakouridis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by El Fla's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Omar Pedroso was slow to take the kick. During this time Talacasto's players had a chance to rest. 36 minutes into the match, Talacasto's goal looked a bit too open when Saverio Ferdinand came free, but Rafael Artal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 38th minute, Niceto Ascencio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rafael Artal was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. In the 42nd minute, Severiano Larpe ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rafael Artal was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. Niceto Ascencio came free with the goalkeeper in the 45th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Rafael Artal could save by the left post. Rafael Artal made a fantastic save in the 47th minute, when Severiano Larpe sent off a good shot on target. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 6-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Martin Vincente was the one to do the kick off. With an all-out effort, Talacasto's Veniamin Tsakouridis threw himself towards the right post 52 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Octavio Paulin, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Rafael Artal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saverio Ferdinand in the 53rd minute of play. Niceto Ascencio scored 7-0 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rafael Artal, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 58 minutes into the match, Talacasto's goal looked a bit too open when Clodoveo Ramirez came free, but Rafael Artal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 61st match minute, Talacasto was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Octavio Paulin to maneuver through the defense. Rafael Artal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Saverio Ferdinand went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 8-0 was the resulting score. 66 minutes into the match, El Fla's goalkeeper Veniamin Tsakouridis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Martin Vincente. If Saverio Ferdinand had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rafael Artal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saverio Ferdinand in the 69th minute of play. In the 71st minute, Santiago Piarres left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The El Fla fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 9-0. Rafael Artal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Saverio Ferdinand, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. In the 75th minute Marco Rufo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rafael Artal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rafael Artal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niceto Ascencio in the 76th minute of the match. 78 minutes into the match, El Fla's Saverio Ferdinand sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rafael Artal narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Alberto Belmiro hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Talacasto defense, Saverio Ferdinand kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rafael Artal. The Talacasto fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rafael Artal should have stopped the shot. Donato Kismi's late challenge caught a Talacasto's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Donato Kismi helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to El Fla getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Donato Kismi hit a great ball. After 86 played minutes Talacasto got a freekick which was hit by Eugenio Navarro. Omar Pedroso hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Rafael Artal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saverio Ferdinand in the 92nd minute of play. In the 95th minute, Omar Pedroso sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and El Fla's Veniamin Tsakouridis didn't even have to move. El Fla walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.