Friendly League

Atanasio Girardot
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Atlético Municipal's Llanos Vinegra started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Everardo Johans received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Ismael Rivera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 5th minute, Vicente Sasoin reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ismael Rivera. The goal made the score 1-0. 9 minutes into the match, Serafin Mark notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Atlético Municipal's Ismael Rivera. Ismael Rivera was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ismael Rivera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vicente Sasoin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Serafin Mark got free with Ismael Rivera in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 18 minutes into the match, Atlético Municipal's goal looked a bit too open when Vicente Sasoin came free, but Ismael Rivera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Atlético Nacional's Martin Rioja played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristofol Sagarribay in the 20th minute of play. Atlético Municipal were awarded a corner in the 23th minute after Atlético Nacional's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Andoni Viguri took the corner. It was a well-played corner which Llanos Vinegra managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. 26 minutes into the game, Nemesio Damario was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Atlético Nacional's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Atlético Municipal the free kick. The supporters of Atlético Nacional booed when Atlético Municipal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristofol Sagarribay didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 30 minutes of play Atlético Nacional's Nemesio Damario was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 30th match minute, Atlético Nacional was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nemesio Damario to maneuver through the defense. Martin Rioja didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Llanos Vinegra went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Llanos Vinegra managed to get in a good position for a shot. Atlético Municipal's supporters rose to their feet, but Llanos Vinegra was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Martin Rioja breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 40th minute Santiago Herrera shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ismael Rivera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 41st minute Nataniel Avienzo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Martin Rioja saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 45th match minute, Atlético Nacional was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Serafin Theodore to maneuver through the defense. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Atlético Municipal made a substitution. Valiente Rivera replaced Kinsen Calzado. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Serafin Mark to strike the kick off in the second half. Sazon Juaristi lost his temper 56 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Anier Mel might have been able to make a better finish in the 57th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ismael Rivera. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Anier Mel ran back to his position shaking his head. Ismael Rivera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santiago Herrera in the 62nd minute of play. Ismael Rivera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Serafin Mark, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Atlético Municipal's Ismael Rivera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Everardo Johans in the 65th minute of play. Martin Rioja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andoni Viguri in the 74th minute of the match. Ismael Rivera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Everardo Johans in the 77th minute of the match. Ismael Rivera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santiago Herrera, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Ismael Rivera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anier Mel, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. 83 minutes into the match, Atlético Municipal's goal looked a bit too open when Santiago Herrera came free, but Ismael Rivera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Atlético Municipal's Cristian Acevedo got a free kick in the 85th minute. Cristian Acevedo hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Everardo Johans sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ismael Rivera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Everardo Johans in the 90th minute of the match. With a little luck, Atlético Nacional's Martin Rioja got control of the ball when Che Feliciano tried to sneak it across the goal line. Atlético Municipal were awarded a corner in the 93th minute after Atlético Nacional's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Andoni Viguri took the corner. After taking down the ball on Atlético Municipal's corner Andoni Viguri fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Martin Rioja quite easily take care of the ball. Ismael Rivera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Everardo Johans, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Atlético Nacional's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.