Friendly League

Parque de los Virgos
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lizer Cordal started the match with the kick off. Gerardo Rufo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zacarias Ascencio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 8th minute of play. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by Celta de Virgos's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Vicente Naike was slow to take the kick. During this time Chelsea Football Club's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Chelsea Football Club's corner Arnold Baaijen fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Zacarias Ascencio quite easily take care of the ball. In the 11th minute Chelsea Football Club were awarded a corner. Vicente Naike went to the cornerflag to take it. A well-hit corner resulted in Arnold Baaijen heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. The supporters of Chelsea Football Club booed when Celta de Virgos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sergio Sayvion didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lizer Cordal took the ball and in the 23 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Zacarias Ascencio. Zacarias Ascencio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Evelio Milian showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruben Gomez, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. In the 35th minute of the match, Ruben Gomez tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Evelio Milian saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 38th match minute, Celta de Virgos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sergio Sayvion to maneuver through the defense. 42 minutes into the match, Chelsea Football Club's goalkeeper Evelio Milian had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Benny Niva. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Benny Niva to make the kick off. 54 minutes into the match, Benny Niva had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Evelio Milian. Chelsea Football Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Benny Niva was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. After some careless play in the Chelsea Football Club defense, Benny Niva kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Evelio Milian. The Chelsea Football Club fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Evelio Milian should have stopped the shot. Celta de Virgos made a substitution. Leonides Corderro replaced Orlondón Lagos. In the 63rd match minute, Celta de Virgos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Danilo Demario to maneuver through the defense. In the 65th minute Cleto Firmin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zacarias Ascencio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zacarias Ascencio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Silvestre Porfiro in the 66th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Firme Verga in the 68th minute of play forced Celta de Virgos's goalkeeper Zacarias Ascencio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Celta de Virgos's attentive David Astudillo managed to snatch the ball when Vicente Naike made a throw-in in the 69th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Firme Verga in the 74th minute of play forced Celta de Virgos's goalkeeper Zacarias Ascencio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zacarias Ascencio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silvestre Porfiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zacarias Ascencio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Firme Verga in the 81st minute of the match. In the 84th match minute, Chelsea Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Silvestre Porfiro to maneuver through the defense. Cleto Firmin struck a weak shot in the 86th minute. Zacarias Ascencio didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Chelsea Football Club. With a little luck, Celta de Virgos's Zacarias Ascencio got control of the ball when Firme Verga tried to sneak it across the goal line. Zacarias Ascencio made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Benedek Komáromi sent off a good shot on target. Zacarias Ascencio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Firme Verga in the 93rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Firme Verga in the 96th minute of play forced Celta de Virgos's goalkeeper Zacarias Ascencio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Chelsea Football Club's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.