Friendly League

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Bruno Baristo made the kick off and thus started the match. If Rodolfo Goito had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Silvestre Veronica's late challenge caught a La Gallardeta's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Silvestre Veronica helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Silvestre Veronica hit a great ball. Elvio Niva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulo Romelio in the 15th minute of the match. In the 16th minute, Julio Olarticoechea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 17th minute, Ruben Dolfo 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. In the 19th minute, Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Bruno Baristo ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marcelo Bikendi. Marcelo Bikendi yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Bruno Baristo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Marcelo Bikendi firmly grabbed it by the left post. When Bruno Baristo got free in front of the goal in the 23rd minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Marcelo Bikendi was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. With a little luck, La Gallardeta's Marcelo Bikendi got control of the ball when Bruno Baristo tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Baristo in the 27th minute of play forced La Gallardeta's goalkeeper Marcelo Bikendi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcelo Bikendi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lino Castel, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Bonifacio Padro was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 35 minutes into the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in La Gallardeta fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 34th minute. Penalty! When Aureliano Frasquito fell near the penalty area in the 40th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Gallardeta's protests and gave Aureliano Frasquito a yellow card for diving instead. Aureliano Frasquito hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Jeremias Napier hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Paulo Romelio to make the kick off. La Gallardeta's Marcelo Bikendi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jeremias Napier in the 50th minute of play. Rodolfo Goito was extremely unlucky when he, in the 56th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. The audience was convinced that Paulo Romelio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Elvio Niva was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. Paulo Romelio might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Elvio Niva. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Paulo Romelio ran back to his position shaking his head. Elvio Niva took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulo Romelio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. La Gallardeta's Paulo Romelio got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 79 played minutes Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ got a freekick which was hit by Jeremias Napier. Silvestre Veronica hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Rodolfo Goito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Elvio Niva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marcelo Bikendi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jeremias Napier in the 89th minute of the match. Modesto Teodor charged in rather forcefully in the 90th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Modesto Teodor the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 90th match minute, La Gallardeta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Modesto Teodor to maneuver through the defense. Bruno Baristo, 91 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. The supporters of Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ booed when La Gallardeta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Angel Pirmin didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 95th minute, Paulo Romelio 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.