Friendly League

Aaron Jerrald
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Afonso da Cunha started the match with the kick off. In the 6thth minute of the game Daniel Abeitia who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's Rogério Ceni was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 8th minute, Daniel Abeitia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rogério Ceni was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Gualterio Burutzagi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Afonso da Cunha went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Gualterio Burutzagi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eulalio Jago, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Ezequiel Artizar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rogério Ceni having to interfere. 19 minutes into the match, Los Delfines's goal looked a bit too open when Afonso da Cunha came free, but Gualterio Burutzagi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rogério Ceni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Abeitia in the 20th minute of the match. In the 22nd minute Gilmar Borges shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rogério Ceni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gilmar Borges in the 23rd minute of play forced Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's goalkeeper Rogério Ceni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 25th minute Afonso da Cunha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gualterio Burutzagi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ezequiel Artizar could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Rogério Ceni made a huge save. In the 33rd minute, Ezequiel Artizar 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. Eduardo Gervaso hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. In the 35th minute Afonso da Cunha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gualterio Burutzagi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ezequiel Artizar in the 37thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Rogério Ceni, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Rogério Ceni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Abeitia in the 43rd minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ezequiel Artizar was the one to do the kick off. Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's Rogério Ceni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ezequiel Artizar in the 51st minute of play. If Afonso da Cunha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Rogério Ceni stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Daniel Abeitia's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. Afonso da Cunha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gualterio Burutzagi having to interfere. Los Delfines's Saverio Regis was substituted for Ezequiel Artizar. Los Delfines made a substitution. Casimiro Ugutz replaced Daniel Abeitia. Belgrano LOS PIRATAS made a substitution. Steve Harris replaced Luca Savini. When Afonso da Cunha came up free with the goalie in the 75th minute, the Belgrano LOS PIRATAS 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 Afonso da Cunha couldn't finish the play. Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's Rogério Ceni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Casimiro Ugutz in the 77th minute of play. After 78 minutes Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ciriaco Selmo who took care of the corner kick. Constantino Remicio was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. 82 minutes into the match, Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's goal looked a bit too open when Casimiro Ugutz came free, but Rogério Ceni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gualterio Burutzagi came out of the goal in the 92nd minute to try and stop a shot by Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's Teodoro Hartz. But to his dismay, Teodoro Hartz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. The Belgrano LOS PIRATAS players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Los Delfines from taking control. The game ends in a draw.