Friendly League

impala coliseum
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Victoriano Iratzeder started the match with the kick off. Through an outstanding action, after 3 minutes, Ruben Sánchez successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 6 minutes into the match, 17 de enero team's goal looked a bit too open when Roland Schiavi came free, but Zoran Simović reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 8th minute of the match, Victoriano Iratzeder got a very nice opportunity to score, but Ruben Sánchez was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Isidoro Isidor took the ball and in the 11 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ruben Sánchez. Ruben Sánchez dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. In the 22nd minute Martin Palermo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zoran Simović saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ruben Sánchez made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Joel Gamus sent off a good shot on target. 28 minutes into the match, 17 de enero team's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Palermo came free, but Zoran Simović reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Magic is Back's Miguel Nicolau got a free kick in the 29th minute. Victoriano Iratzeder took the ball and in the 36 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ruben Sánchez. Ruben Sánchez dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Magic is Back's Ruben Sánchez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save Magic is Back from getting a goal against them. Ruben Sánchez had in the 48thth minute some difficulties stopping Luan Toro's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Luan Toro scored 3-0 in the 48th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ruben Sánchez, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Martin Palermo made a kick off. Victoriano Iratzeder scored 4-0 in the 54th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ruben Sánchez, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gamus in the 58th minute of play forced Magic is Back's goalkeeper Ruben Sánchez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Roland Schiavi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ruben Sánchez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Basarab Ipate, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Ruben Sánchez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isidoro Isidor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 65th minute, Orhun Ulutay ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ruben Sánchez was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. Ruben Sánchez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victoriano Iratzeder, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. The audience was convinced that Victoriano Iratzeder's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ruben Sánchez was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. Valentin Barco kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Luan Toro managed to get in a good position for a shot. 17 de enero team's supporters rose to their feet, but Luan Toro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ruben Sánchez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Zoran Simović made an important save on a dangerous shot by Roland Schiavi in the 79th minute. Magic is Back's Ruben Sánchez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gamus in the 82nd minute of play. Ruben Sánchez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victoriano Iratzeder, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Ruben Sánchez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isidoro Isidor in the 85th minute of play. Ruben Sánchez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Gamus, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. In the 87th minute, Gabi Batistuta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 88th minute, Joel Gamus ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ruben Sánchez was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. 17 de enero team:s Zoran Simović showed great skill when he stopped Martin Palermo:s penalty. Ruben Sánchez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victoriano Iratzeder, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. There was no doubt that 17 de enero team were the better team. 17 de enero team's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.