Friendly League

Arsenio Erico
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Lei Feng Ying got the match started through his kick off. When Jay-Jay Okocha came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the ★Independiente Ψ★ 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 Jay-Jay Okocha couldn't finish the play. Adan Aresti's late challenge caught a ☆☆El Gordo Team☆☆'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Adan Aresti helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of ☆☆El Gordo Team☆☆ booed when ★Independiente Ψ★ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adan Aresti didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Cristiano Santirso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maximiliano Iigo was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cristiano Santirso in the 10th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Maximiliano Iigo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 12 minutes into the match, ★Independiente Ψ★'s Gabriel-Omar Batista sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Silvano Portillo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Dobromir Prokowski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 17 minutes into the match, ☆☆El Gordo Team☆☆'s goalkeeper Silvano Portillo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jay-Jay Okocha. A collision led to ★Independiente Ψ★ getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Adan Aresti hit a great ball. After 24 minutes ☆☆El Gordo Team☆☆'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jay-Jay Okocha who took care of the corner kick. The audience was convinced that Lei Feng Ying's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Silvano Portillo was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, ☆☆El Gordo Team☆☆'s Tobias Xacintu got a free kick in the 31st minute. Lei Feng Ying came free with the goalkeeper in the 32nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Silvano Portillo could save by the left post. If Cristiano Santirso had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Maximiliano Iigo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristiano Santirso, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Maximiliano Iigo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristiano Santirso in the 44th minute of the match.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cristiano Santirso made a kick off. Maximiliano Iigo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristiano Santirso, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Silvano Portillo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lei Feng Ying in the 55th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel-Omar Batista in the 61st minute of play forced ☆☆El Gordo Team☆☆'s goalkeeper Silvano Portillo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ☆☆El Gordo Team☆☆ made a substitution. Saturnino Romo replaced Cristiano Santirso. When the match had gone on for 72 minutes, Saturnino Romo put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Maximiliano Iigo. Saturnino Romo might have been able to make a better finish in the 76th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Maximiliano Iigo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Saturnino Romo ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, ★Independiente Ψ★'s Maximiliano Iigo got control of the ball when Saturnino Romo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Silvano Portillo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jay-Jay Okocha, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. 80 minutes into the match, ★Independiente Ψ★'s goal looked a bit too open when Saturnino Romo came free, but Maximiliano Iigo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 82 minutes into the match, ★Independiente Ψ★'s goal looked a bit too open when Saturnino Romo came free, but Maximiliano Iigo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Saturnino Romo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maximiliano Iigo was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. In the 87th minute, Cristian Jaunti hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Saturnino Romo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maximiliano Iigo was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. ☆☆El Gordo Team☆☆ walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.