Friendly League

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Bello Cura took the kick off in the first half of the match. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bello Cura in the 5th minute of the match. 7 minutes into the game, Argentinean Patriots 1816's Bello Cura nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Roberto Eztebe made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 17thth minute of the game Aureliano Karlo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Argentinean Patriots 1816's Isidoro Rio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Roberto Eztebe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bello Cura, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gualterio Daunte was slow to take the kick. During this time Argentinean Patriots 1816's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Gualterio Daunte got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Roberto Eztebe quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Aureliano Karlo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Bello Cura blasted a shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Roberto Eztebe having to make a save. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bello Cura, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Isidoro Rio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aureliano Karlo in the 37th minute of the match. In the 41st match minute, Argentinean Patriots 1816 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dario Iztal to maneuver through the defense. 42 minutes into the match, Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Dawid Beckham broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Aureliano Karlo made a kick off. In the 54th minute of the match, Bello Cura tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Roberto Eztebe saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Gualterio Daunte took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 59th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Roberto Eztebe. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Bello Cura struck a weak shot in the 64th minute. Roberto Eztebe didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Argentinean Patriots 1816. Wieslaw Zawada's late challenge caught a Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Wieslaw Zawada helped the player get up and apologised. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Julien Staffelbach was substituted for Guido Txindoki. Argentinean Patriots 1816 made a substitution. Octavio Frederik replaced Celestino Acevedo. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Christoff Stocks was substituted for Aureliano Karlo. Jurre van Heiningen made in the 73rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Bello Cura. The supporters of Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ booed when Argentinean Patriots 1816 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gualterio Daunte didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 75 played minutes, Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Mario Sesuldo shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Isidoro Rio came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ reached it. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Roberto Eztebe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ben-Ami Ranchin in the 80th minute of play. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bello Cura in the 81st minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ben-Ami Ranchin got free with Roberto Eztebe in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bello Cura, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. 91 minutes into the match, Argentinean Patriots 1816's goal looked a bit too open when Julien Staffelbach came free, but Isidoro Rio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 95 minutes, Christoff Stocks managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Christoff Stocks was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Argentinean Patriots 1816 eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.