Friendly League

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Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Marcos Ranolfo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ivan Nisio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Estudiantes de América's Marcos Ranolfo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivan Nisio in the 14th minute of play. Marcos Ranolfo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ivan Nisio in the 17th minute of play. Luis Mejía showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kraig Fred in the 21st minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s zone, Cornelio Ruisko stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luis Mejía came out of the goal and Cornelio Ruisko tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Cornelio Ruisko's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 26thth minute, Luis Mejía skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After having played for 29 minutes, Ivan Nisio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Ivan Nisio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 34 played minutes ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰ got a freekick which was hit by Roland Schiavi. The audience was convinced that Kraig Fred's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luis Mejía was relentless in the 36th minute of the game.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Kraig Fred to strike the kick off in the second half. ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s Roland Schiavi managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Douglas Byström in the 55 minute of the game. Marcos Ranolfo made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Ivan Nisio sent off a good shot on target. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Kraig Fred managed to get in a good position for a shot. Estudiantes de América's supporters rose to their feet, but Kraig Fred was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Luis Mejía breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰ made a substitution. Semih Recai replaced Ivan Nisio. Estudiantes de América made a substitution. Concetto Trasatti replaced Kraig Fred. ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰ made a substitution. Romulo Cedro replaced Basílio Vilanova. Estudiantes de América made a substitution. Jimeno Urritz replaced Flavio Iraunkor. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jimeno Urritz in the 74th minute of play forced ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s goalkeeper Luis Mejía to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luis Mejía showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jimeno Urritz in the 75th minute of the match. 77 minutes into the match, Estudiantes de América's Concetto Trasatti sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Luis Mejía narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 79 minutes into the match, Traian Blăniță had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luis Mejía. ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Traian Blăniță was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Semih Recai in the 82nd minute of play forced Estudiantes de América's goalkeeper Marcos Ranolfo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 83 minutes into the game, Semih Recai cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Marcos Ranolfo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Concetto Trasatti took the ball and in the 88 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luis Mejía. Luis Mejía dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. After 92 played minutes Estudiantes de América got a freekick which was hit by Jimeno Urritz. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.