League

GIGANTE DE ALBERDI
Spectators: 10806 (Terracing: 8106, Seating: 2485, VIP seats: 215) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Casimiro Quinito started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Graham Pullen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Racing Club Canillo's Zak Foggarty got control of the ball when Casimiro Quinito tried to sneak it across the goal line. 5 minutes into the match, Racing Club Canillo's goal looked a bit too open when Casimiro Quinito came free, but Zak Foggarty reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zenon Cisek in the 8th minute of play forced CA Piratas's goalkeeper Elano Pimenta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zak Foggarty made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Vrasidas Arkadis sent off a good shot on target. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind CA Piratas's goalkeeper Elano Pimenta, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 16 minutes into the match, Trev Holden notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of CA Piratas's Elano Pimenta. Elano Pimenta was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vrasidas Arkadis got free with Zak Foggarty in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Goren Baños in the 25th minute of play forced CA Piratas's goalkeeper Elano Pimenta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elano Pimenta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zenon Cisek in the 27th minute of the match. CA Piratas's Elano Pimenta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Trev Holden in the 30th minute of play. 33 minutes into the match, Racing Club Canillo's goalkeeper Zak Foggarty had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Casimiro Quinito. In the 34th minute CA Piratas were awarded a corner. Vrasidas Arkadis went to the cornerflag to take it. A hard shot 36 in the game by Vrasidas Arkadis from a close distance when the talented Zak Foggarty managed to make a qualified save. Racing Club Canillo's players were relieved. Vrasidas Arkadis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zak Foggarty having to interfere. Elano Pimenta came out of the goal in the 43rd minute to try and stop a shot by Racing Club Canillo's Ray Milburn. But to his dismay, Ray Milburn quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. In the 45th match minute, CA Piratas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pawel Witwicki to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Edmonton was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 46th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal.

The wind increased when Zenon Cisek made the kick off in the second half. 50 minutes into the match, CA Piratas's goalkeeper Elano Pimenta had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zenon Cisek. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vrasidas Arkadis in the 54th minute of play forced Racing Club Canillo's goalkeeper Zak Foggarty to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, CA Piratas's Elano Pimenta got control of the ball when Zenon Cisek tried to sneak it across the goal line. The CA Piratas fans' excitement grew in the 59th match minute when CA Piratas's Vrasidas Arkadis 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 1-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. With a little luck, CA Piratas's Elano Pimenta got control of the ball when Zenon Cisek tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 68th minute Racing Club Canillo were awarded a corner. Jonathan Edmonton went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Jonathan Edmonton almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but CA Piratas's Elano Pimenta did a great save. 71 minutes into the match, Zenon Cisek notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of CA Piratas's Elano Pimenta. Elano Pimenta was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. CA Piratas's Elano Pimenta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ray Milburn in the 75th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zenon Cisek in the 77th minute of play forced CA Piratas's goalkeeper Elano Pimenta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 81 minutes into the match, Zenon Cisek had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Elano Pimenta. CA Piratas's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zenon Cisek was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. After a rather tough play, Racing Club Canillo's Curtis Croxford got a free kick in the 84th minute. In the 85th minute of the match Vrasidas Arkadis shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Zak Foggarty showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zenon Cisek got free with Elano Pimenta in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Graham Pullen fell near the penalty area in the 92nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Racing Club Canillo's protests and gave Graham Pullen a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of CA Piratas booed when Racing Club Canillo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nicholas Pejuan didn't get a good kick on the ball.