League

Estadio Ruiz
Spectators: 6682 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1682, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Teodoro Isusko started the match with the kick off. Hector Ilazki charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hector Ilazki the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 11th minute, Hector Ilazki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Esteban Herauso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Chano having to interfere. Jonathan Chano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Esteban Herauso in the 20th minute of the match. Marciano Abadia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gabriel Ordono, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Esteban Herauso in the 25th minute of play forced Ruiz AFC's goalkeeper Jonathan Chano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Teo Quiroga's late challenge caught a Ruiz AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Teo Quiroga helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Ruiz AFC booed when Manantial was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Teo Quiroga didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Honorato Salomon in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Chano prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After having played for 35 minutes, Delmar Jenaro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Manantial's supporters crossed their fingers, but Delmar Jenaro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Teo Quiroga kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. In the 43rd match minute, Manantial was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Delmar Jenaro to maneuver through the defense. 45 minutes into the match, Esteban Herauso notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Ruiz AFC's Jonathan Chano. Jonathan Chano was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when Esteban Herauso made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st match minute, Manantial was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Angelo Maidana to maneuver through the defense. Julian Ugutz took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 53rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marciano Abadia. Manantial's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Jonathan Chano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Esteban Herauso in the 59th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Esteban Herauso managed to get in a good position for a shot. Manantial's supporters rose to their feet, but Esteban Herauso was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Chano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 73 minutes into the match, Teodoro Isusko had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marciano Abadia. Manantial's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Teodoro Isusko was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Gabriel Ordono managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ruiz AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Gabriel Ordono was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marciano Abadia breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Angelo Maidana hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. In the 80th minute Teodoro Isusko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marciano Abadia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Manantial's Esteban Herauso got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 86th minute, Esteban Herauso got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The supporters of Manantial booed when Ruiz AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gualterio Kaxen didn't get a good kick on the ball. 93 minutes into the game, Esteban Herauso recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Jonathan Chano. Esteban Herauso showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-3. The Ruiz AFC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Manantial were clearly better and deserved to take the win.