League

Atucha
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Urizar's Carmelo Blai started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 7th minute Efrain Ortle shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amador Sadurni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Efrain Ortle scored 0-1 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Amador Sadurni, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 15th minute, Atucha's Santo Esquipula seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Santo Esquipula the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Atucha protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Santo Esquipula had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In a very dangerous position, a player in Atucha fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 14th minute. Penalty! 23 minutes into the match, Efrain Ortle had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Amador Sadurni. Atucha's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Efrain Ortle was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carmelo Blai in the 32nd minute of play forced Atucha's goalkeeper Amador Sadurni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Amador Sadurni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emiliano Bazkoare in the 33rd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Urizar's zone, Modesto Matei stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Elpidio Mannuel came out of the goal and Modesto Matei tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carmelo Blai in the 48th minute of play forced Atucha's goalkeeper Amador Sadurni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Emiliano Louis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 59th match minute, Urizar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emiliano Bazkoare to maneuver through the defense. Atucha's Amador Sadurni proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Atucha from getting a goal against them. Roque Pierres's late challenge caught a Urizar's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Roque Pierres helped the player get up and apologised. Amador Sadurni didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Carmelo Blai went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Amador Sadurni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carmelo Blai, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Amador Sadurni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carmelo Blai, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 89th minute Carmelo Blai shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amador Sadurni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 89 minutes into the match, Carmelo Blai dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Amador Sadurni, 0-5. When Carmelo Blai came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Urizar 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 Carmelo Blai couldn't finish the play. Emiliano Bazkoare could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 96th minute of the match, but Amador Sadurni made a huge save. Urizar played a much better game than Atucha and deserved their victory. The Atucha players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.