Friendly League

Atanasio Girardot
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Xelo Fernandes took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the match, Elite Azulgrana's Isidro Lángara sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fernandez Villaelrriego narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A nice corner shot did that Isidro Lángara got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Fernandez Villaelrriego quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 6 minutes Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Isidro Lángara who took care of the corner kick. After a rather tough play, Elite Azulgrana's José Fossa got a free kick in the 10th minute. Fernandez Villaelrriego showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Natalio Lekubegi, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. In the 19th minute Radamel-Falcao García shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gaston Gomez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ's Xelo Fernandes in the 19th minute got a chance for a shot 19th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Elite Azulgrana's goalie prevented a goal. 20 minutes into the match, Santiago Flores notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ's Fernandez Villaelrriego. Fernandez Villaelrriego was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ's Radamel-Falcao García got a free kick in the 25th minute. Elite Azulgrana's Natalio Lekubegi got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidro Lángara in the 47th minute of play forced Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ's goalkeeper Fernandez Villaelrriego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The wind increased when Isidro Lángara made the kick off in the second half. After 50 played minutes Elite Azulgrana got a freekick which was hit by Natalio Lekubegi. In the 52nd minute, Santiago Flores ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fernandez Villaelrriego was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. In the 57th minute, Otsoko Zarza made a precise shot to the right of Gaston Gomez. Elite Azulgrana's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. In the 61st minute of the match, Isidro Lángara got a very nice opportunity to score, but Fernandez Villaelrriego was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Jaime Casomiro's late challenge caught a Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jaime Casomiro helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ booed when Elite Azulgrana was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jaime Casomiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Xelo Fernandes struck a weak shot in the 69th minute. Gaston Gomez didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ. Otsoko Zarza took the ball and in the 71 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gaston Gomez. Gaston Gomez dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. Elite Azulgrana's Gaston Gomez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radamel-Falcao García in the 81st minute of play. The audience was convinced that Xelo Fernandes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gaston Gomez was relentless in the 84th minute of the game.