League

12 de Diciembre
Spectators: 7680 (Terracing: 5761, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Leandro Gonzales took the kick off in the first half of the match. Anastasio Goren sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Iker Manilan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Rosendo Txeru made a huge save. POCASPULGAS's Rosendo Txeru played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anastasio Goren in the 21st minute of play. Kam Preto was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Arnoldo Franco's late challenge caught a La Mitad Mas Uno's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arnoldo Franco helped the player get up and apologised. Astor Herrera sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anastasio Goren in the 33rd minute of play forced POCASPULGAS's goalkeeper Rosendo Txeru to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, POCASPULGAS's Bernardino Hernandez got a free kick in the 35th minute. In the 38th minute of the match, Iker Manilan got a very nice opportunity to score, but Rosendo Txeru was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. La Mitad Mas Uno's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cristian Romero in the 39th minute. After taking down the ball on La Mitad Mas Uno's corner Cristian Romero fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Rosendo Txeru quite easily take care of the ball. 46 minutes into the game, Leandro Gonzales was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. POCASPULGAS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave La Mitad Mas Uno the free kick. The supporters of La Mitad Mas Uno booed when POCASPULGAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leandro Gonzales didn't get a good kick on the ball.

The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 51st minute of the game. One of POCASPULGAS:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of La Mitad Mas Uno:s goal. In the 52nd minute, Cristian Romero made a precise shot to the right of Rosendo Txeru. POCASPULGAS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. In the 58th minute Anastasio Goren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rosendo Txeru saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. During the 62nd minute of the match Leandro Gonzales completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Leandro Gonzales a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, POCASPULGAS's Leandro Gonzales got a free kick in the 63rd minute. After 70 played minutes POCASPULGAS got a freekick which was hit by Alfonso Rafel. In the 72nd match minute, La Mitad Mas Uno was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xavier Pantoja to maneuver through the defense. In the 78th minute Anastasio Goren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rosendo Txeru saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. La Mitad Mas Uno's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cristian Romero in the 79th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of POCASPULGAS's goalie and right to Iker Manilan. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. POCASPULGAS's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Iker Manilan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Rosendo Txeru tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of La Mitad Mas Uno booed when POCASPULGAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Astor Herrera didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 90 played minutes La Mitad Mas Uno got a freekick which was hit by Cristian Romero. After 96 played minutes La Mitad Mas Uno got a freekick which was hit by Anibal Rami. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The La Mitad Mas Uno fans cheered their team off the field, for while POCASPULGAS had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.