Friendly League

Ángel Labruna
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ruben Dolfo got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Cable a Tierra's Lucas Cisneros got a free kick in the 9th minute. A hard shot by Bonifacio Padro from long distance, 10 minutes into the match, got Apolo Quilo's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. If Victoriano Eztebe had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to La Gallardeta getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Orlando Hori hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Eusebio Gorosti in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marcelo Bikendi saved La Gallardeta from getting behind. When Pablo Lizzio came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Cable a Tierra fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Pablo Lizzio couldn't finish the play. A collision led to La Gallardeta getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Rodolfo Goito hit a great ball. In the 32nd minute Leonides Pancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Apolo Quilo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 36thth minute of the game Eusebio Gorosti who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but La Gallardeta's Marcelo Bikendi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

In the 51st match minute, La Gallardeta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Danilo Liberto to maneuver through the defense. Eusebio Gorosti, 52 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. La Gallardeta's Marcelo Bikendi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pablo Lizzio in the 55th minute of play. Marcelo Bikendi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eusebio Gorosti in the 57th minute of the match. 57 minutes into the game, Eusebio Gorosti cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Marcelo Bikendi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The supporters of La Gallardeta booed when Cable a Tierra was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eleuterio Ekain didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Eusebio Gorosti came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the Cable a Tierra fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Eusebio Gorosti couldn't finish the play. Cable a Tierra made a substitution. Generoso Tavio replaced Roberto Lucila. Cable a Tierra made a substitution. Filiberto Galindo replaced Feliberto Oxarra. Eleuterio Ekain received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Marcelo Bikendi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eusebio Gorosti could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Marcelo Bikendi made a huge save. Angel Pirmin hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Cable a Tierra's Baltasar Gaitan got a free kick in the 78th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonides Pancho in the 81st minute of play forced Cable a Tierra's goalkeeper Apolo Quilo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 81 minutes into the match, Leonides Pancho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Apolo Quilo. Cable a Tierra's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Leonides Pancho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. With his leg Marcelo Bikendi managed to avoid a goal in the 84thth minute, when Cable a Tierra's Eusebio Gorosti fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When Orlando Hori fell near the penalty area in the 86th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Gallardeta's protests and gave Orlando Hori a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, La Gallardeta's Orlando Hori got a free kick in the 86th minute. With a little luck, La Gallardeta's Marcelo Bikendi got control of the ball when Eleuterio Ekain tried to sneak it across the goal line. 91 minutes into the game, one of La Gallardeta:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Cable a Tierra a penalty, 92 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Eusebio Gorosti, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of La Gallardeta's Marcelo Bikendi. 1-2. A collision led to La Gallardeta getting a freekick after 98 minutes play. Rodolfo Goito hit a great ball. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Cable a Tierra walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.