League

Estadio Pilar
Spectators: 7671 (Terracing: 5756, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 150) Pilar's Emiliano Ralondo 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. After 2 minutes of play, Academia de Campeones's Simon Ferrer made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ovidio Cristos was left in no man's land by his defense there! Rodolfo Calvet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Conrado Rios in the 5th minute of the match. 7 minutes into the game, Miguel Ángel Gambier cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Ovidio Cristos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 15th minute Simon Ferrer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ovidio Cristos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Academia de Campeones's Rodolfo Calvet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Conrado Rios in the 17th minute of play. Emiliano Ralondo charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emiliano Ralondo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Emiliano Ralondo hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. In the 23rd minute Miguel Ángel Gambier shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ovidio Cristos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ovidio Cristos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Simon Ferrer, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Academia de Campeones's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cornelio Hernandez in the 27th minute. Rodolfo Calvet made an important save on a dangerous shot by Conrado Rios in the 31st minute. Fausto Hulberto hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. 43 minutes into the match, Academia de Campeones's goalkeeper Rodolfo Calvet had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Emiliano Ralondo. Michael Scofield's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rodolfo Calvet read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 47th minute of play.

The wind increased when Miguel Ángel Gambier made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Simon Ferrer in the 57th minute of play forced Pilar's goalkeeper Ovidio Cristos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Simon Ferrer might have been able to make a better finish in the 64th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ovidio Cristos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Simon Ferrer ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 65th minute Miguel Ángel Gambier shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ovidio Cristos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristian Goito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Rodolfo Calvet tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rodolfo Calvet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Conrado Rios in the 70th minute of the match. Pawel Rzegotka fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rodolfo Calvet having to interfere. Miguel Ángel Gambier could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Ovidio Cristos made a huge save. Rodolfo Calvet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Conrado Rios in the 78th minute of play. 80 minutes had been played when some careless play by Pilar's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cornelio Hernandez was slow to take the kick. During this time Academia de Campeones's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Academia de Campeones's corner Cornelio Hernandez fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ovidio Cristos quite easily take care of the ball. After a rather tough play, Academia de Campeones's Fabian Bernaldo got a free kick in the 82nd minute. Ovidio Cristos stood somewhat misplaced when Miguel Ángel Gambier came free in front of goal and shot 0-3 to the left of him in the 85 minute. With a little luck, Pilar's Ovidio Cristos got control of the ball when Miguel Ángel Gambier tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 89th minute Michael Scofield shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodolfo Calvet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Miguel Ángel Gambier might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ovidio Cristos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Miguel Ángel Gambier ran back to his position shaking his head. When Academia de Campeones's Kai Havertz in the 95th minute got a chance for a shot 95th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Pilar's goalie prevented a goal.