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Match Report
Marull
Spectators: 7303 (Terracing: 5478,
Seating: 1680, VIP seats: 145) Victoriano Cugat started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Marull's Epifanio Theobald played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alonzo Domingues in the 4th minute of play. Guido Juvenal's late challenge caught a Saverio Nakama Loyalty's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Guido Juvenal helped the player get up and apologised. After 7 played minutes Marull got a freekick which was hit by Guido Juvenal. After 9 minutes of play, Saverio Nakama Loyalty's Amador Lizer made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Epifanio Theobald was left in no man's land by his defense there! Saul Mergildo's late challenge caught a Saverio Nakama Loyalty's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Saul Mergildo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 15th minute, Saul Mergildo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Amador Lizer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Saverio Nakama Loyalty's Victoriano Cugat in the 20th minute got a chance for a shot 20th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Marull's goalie prevented a goal. Carlos Fernando Mondragón showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joaquin Dunixi in the 24th minute of the match. Carlos Fernando Mondragón made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Serafin Benitez sent off a good shot on target. 30 minutes into the match, Victoriano Cugat had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Epifanio Theobald. Marull's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Victoriano Cugat was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Victoriano Cugat might have been able to make a better finish in the 33rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Epifanio Theobald. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Victoriano Cugat ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saverio Redondo in the 34th minute of play forced Marull's goalkeeper Epifanio Theobald to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nestor Ekhi scored 0-3 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Epifanio Theobald, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Epifanio Theobald showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victoriano Cugat in the 45th minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.
Victoriano Cugat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 53rd minute Guido Juvenal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Fernando Mondragón saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Victoriano Cugat had several of the Marull's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 55 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-4 score and a disappointed Epifanio Theobald as he didn't even see the shot coming. Serafin Benitez's late challenge caught a Saverio Nakama Loyalty's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Serafin Benitez helped the player get up and apologised. After 66 played minutes Marull got a freekick which was hit by Serafin Benitez. The crowd rose to their feet as Saverio Nakama Loyalty's Victoriano Cugat slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Epifanio Theobald. That made the score 0-6 after 68 minutes of play. With his leg Epifanio Theobald managed to avoid a goal in the 75thth minute, when Saverio Nakama Loyalty's Victoriano Cugat fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With a little luck, Marull's Epifanio Theobald got control of the ball when Nestor Ekhi tried to sneak it across the goal line. Epifanio Theobald showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hipolito Opilano, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Epifanio Theobald made an important save on a dangerous shot by Victoriano Cugat in the 83rd minute. Epifanio Theobald was a little too slow when Alonzo Domingues got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 85th minute. The score was now 0-7. Epifanio Theobald showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victoriano Cugat in the 88th minute of the match. Marull's Epifanio Theobald proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save Marull from getting a goal against them. Epifanio Theobald was out of position in the 91 minute of play, and Victoriano Cugat capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Victoriano Cugat really showed his touch with that goal: 0-8. Epifanio Theobald was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Saverio Redondo showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-9 in the 95 minute of play. When the match was over Saverio Nakama Loyalty could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Marull throughout the match.