Friendly League

Estadio Calamar
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Joe Tate took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joe Tate in the 2nd minute of play forced Sporting de Gijón's goalkeeper Dante Fernendo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 3rd minute, Matias Bilintx left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sporting de Gijón fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Sporting de Gijón's Dante Fernendo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joe Tate in the 7th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Ademar Rocha's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edmond Verdun was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matias Bilintx in the 11th minute of play forced Errecaborda AFC's goalkeeper Edmond Verdun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Errecaborda AFC booed when Sporting de Gijón was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diego Maradona didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pastor Ado received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dante Fernendo came out and tried to block the shot, but Pastor Ado slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 15th minute. 19 minutes into the match, Sporting de Gijón's goal looked a bit too open when Joe Tate came free, but Dante Fernendo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Edmond Verdun didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ademar Rocha went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Joe Tate received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Dante Fernendo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ademar Rocha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Edmond Verdun tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Saturnino Curcio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edmond Verdun showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ademar Rocha, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Sporting de Gijón were awarded a corner in the 40th minute after Errecaborda AFC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Saturnino Curcio took the corner. Sporting de Gijón's Dante Fernendo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emílio Terra in the 44th minute of play. The Errecaborda AFC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Sporting de Gijón were winning 1-2.

The corner led to Sporting de Gijón's Ademar Rocha getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. With his leg Edmond Verdun managed to avoid a goal in the 62ndth minute, when Sporting de Gijón's Matias Bilintx fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Sporting de Gijón made a substitution. Alejandro Rufo replaced Saturnino Curcio. Sporting de Gijón's Venancio Emesto was substituted for Denis Bonadona. Manuel Theobald hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Emílio Terra scored 2-2 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dante Fernendo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Edmond Verdun made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ademar Rocha in the 72nd minute. In the 73rd minute of the match Sporting de Gijón got a corner. Errecaborda AFC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Darío Moreno ran over to the corner to take the kick. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Matias Bilintx in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Edmond Verdun saved Errecaborda AFC from getting behind. Sporting de Gijón's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Darío Moreno in the 77th minute. Sporting de Gijón's Darío Moreno was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Edmond Verdun in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Joe Tate fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Fernendo having to interfere. After having played for 81 minutes, Matias Bilintx managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sporting de Gijón's supporters crossed their fingers, but Matias Bilintx was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Errecaborda AFC's Edmond Verdun proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Errecaborda AFC from getting a goal against them. Edmond Verdun made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ademar Rocha in the 84th minute. Edmond Verdun made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Ademar Rocha sent off a good shot on target. 90 minutes into the match, Pastor Ado notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of Sporting de Gijón's Dante Fernendo. Dante Fernendo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 95th minute, Alejandro Rufo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Errecaborda AFC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.