Friendly League

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Aureliano Karlo got the match started through his kick off. Ariel Ponc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christoff Stocks, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Flavio Lauro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Roberto Eztebe tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 9th minute Feliciano Fernendo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roberto Eztebe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roberto Eztebe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Flavio Lauro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 13th minute, Aureliano Karlo made a precise shot to the right of Ariel Ponc. Villa Mitre City's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Aureliano Karlo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Dawid Beckham had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Aureliano Karlo in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ariel Ponc saved Villa Mitre City from getting behind. Ariel Ponc made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Dawid Beckham sent off a good shot on target. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Roberto Eztebe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ferdinando Buccella in the 39th minute of play. In the 41st minute, Feliciano Fernendo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roberto Eztebe was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Villa Mitre City made a substitution. Honorato Demesio replaced Feliciano Fernendo. After some careless play in the Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ defense, Honorato Demesio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Roberto Eztebe. The Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Roberto Eztebe should have stopped the shot. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ferdinando Buccella to strike the kick off in the second half. Villa Mitre City's Ariel Ponc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christoff Stocks in the 54th minute of play. In the 56th minute Romulo Abilio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ariel Ponc saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dawid Beckham sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dawid Beckham fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ariel Ponc having to interfere. When Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Christoff Stocks in the 69th minute got a chance for a shot 69th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Villa Mitre City's goalie prevented a goal. Ariel Ponc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aureliano Karlo in the 71st minute of play. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Segundo Vito was substituted for Mario Sesuldo. Villa Mitre City's Long Yuan Di was substituted for Benigno Ibañez. Ariel Ponc showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julien Staffelbach, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. In the 77th minute, Julien Staffelbach 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. 78 minutes into the match, Julien Staffelbach had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ariel Ponc. Villa Mitre City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Julien Staffelbach was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julien Staffelbach in the 81st minute of play forced Villa Mitre City's goalkeeper Ariel Ponc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Villa Mitre City defense, Julien Staffelbach kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ariel Ponc. The Villa Mitre City fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ariel Ponc should have stopped the shot. Ariel Ponc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julien Staffelbach in the 86th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julien Staffelbach in the 87th minute of play forced Villa Mitre City's goalkeeper Ariel Ponc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ariel Ponc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julien Staffelbach in the 90th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Julien Staffelbach's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ariel Ponc was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ had won after a very even match.