League

Conesa
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Felix Orte started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Leo Ponzio hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. In the 9th minute, Rosendo Barbosa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Atlético Mermoz fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 12th minute, Aaron Ritchie made a precise shot to the right of Ernesto Veronica. Santa Rita's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. After 15 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Santa Rita! Felix Orte walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 17th minute of the game. One of Santa Rita:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Atlético Mermoz:s goal. The referee gave Atlético Mermoz a penalty, 19 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Felix Orte, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Santa Rita's Ernesto Veronica. 0-3. 22 minutes into the game, Aaron Ritchie cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Ernesto Veronica was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After having played for 24 minutes, Aaron Ritchie managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Atlético Mermoz's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aaron Ritchie was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Santa Rita's Ernesto Veronica played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aaron Ritchie in the 26th minute of play. Ernesto Veronica showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gerardo Mannuel in the 28th minute of the match. Eduardo Dabi might have been able to make a better finish in the 30th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Arnulfo Txema. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Eduardo Dabi ran back to his position shaking his head. 33 minutes into the match, Santa Rita's Tomás Gabirel sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arnulfo Txema narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabian Jerico in the 35th minute of play forced Santa Rita's goalkeeper Ernesto Veronica to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Santa Rita getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Amado Cordarrel hit a great ball. Ernesto Veronica took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felix Orte, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ernesto Veronica showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Orte in the 39th minute of the match. 41 minutes into the match, Atlético Mermoz's Aaron Ritchie sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ernesto Veronica narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 45 minutes into the match, Santa Rita's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Orte came free, but Ernesto Veronica reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Aaron Ritchie in the 46th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ernesto Veronica saved Santa Rita from getting behind. The Santa Rita players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Atlético Mermoz were winning 0-4.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Santiago Chuan to strike the kick off in the second half. Ernesto Veronica made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Orte in the 51st minute of play. In the 53rd minute, Atlético Mermoz's Felix Orte dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. Aaron Ritchie took the ball and in the 56 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ernesto Veronica. Ernesto Veronica dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. After some careless play in the Santa Rita defense, Aaron Ritchie kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ernesto Veronica. The Santa Rita fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ernesto Veronica should have stopped the shot. Arnulfo Txema showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santiago Chuan in the 65th minute of the match. Ernesto Veronica made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Orte in the 69th minute of play. Santa Rita's Ernesto Veronica played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felix Orte in the 69th minute of play. The nice shot from Aaron Ritchie in the 71stth minute just in front of the goal should have ended in point on the board, but Ernesto Veronica had a great feel for the game and superbly saved the ball from getting in by the left post. Ernesto Veronica was out of position in the 72 minute of play, and Rosendo Barbosa capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Rosendo Barbosa really showed his touch with that goal: 0-8. The audience was convinced that Felix Orte's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ernesto Veronica was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. After some careless play in the Atlético Mermoz defense, Eduardo Dabi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arnulfo Txema. The Atlético Mermoz fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arnulfo Txema should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santiago Chuan in the 79th minute of play forced Atlético Mermoz's goalkeeper Arnulfo Txema to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santiago Chuan in the 81st minute of play forced Atlético Mermoz's goalkeeper Arnulfo Txema to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aaron Ritchie received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Ernesto Veronica tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ernesto Veronica stood somewhat misplaced when Aaron Ritchie came free in front of goal and shot 1-9 to the left of him in the 88 minute. If Aaron Ritchie had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Felix Orte succeeded in the game's 93rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-10. Ernesto Veronica showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Felix Orte, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. When the final whistle sounded Atlético Mermoz left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Santa Rita.