Friendly League

Arena Rocket Start
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, 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. Isidro Orlin started the match with the kick off. 6 minutes in the game Ricardo Hernandez did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Paulo Richie. After 10 minutes Academia NOFX's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Elvio Mendez who took care of the corner kick. The corner led LA InDuStRiA INC's Marcelo Victoro to a score. 1-0 in the 10th minute. Raimundo Obano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Johan Loria in the 13th minute of play. Hernán Pajot made an important save on a dangerous shot by Isidro Orlin in the 19th minute. In the 21st minute, Johan Loria ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Raimundo Obano was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. 24 minutes into the match, LA InDuStRiA INC's goal looked a bit too open when Maximino Endura came free, but Raimundo Obano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26th minute Johan Loria shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raimundo Obano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Johan Loria in the 29th minute of play forced LA InDuStRiA INC's goalkeeper Raimundo Obano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. LA InDuStRiA INC's Froilan Feliz got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 32 played minutes LA InDuStRiA INC got a freekick which was hit by Haroldo Filipo. After 35 minutes of play, Academia NOFX's Johan Loria made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Raimundo Obano was left in no man's land by his defense there! Isidro Orlin might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hernán Pajot. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Isidro Orlin ran back to his position shaking his head. 40 minutes in the game, Elvio Mendez fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Hernán Pajot having to interfere. 47 minutes into the match, Paulo Richie notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of LA InDuStRiA INC's Raimundo Obano. Raimundo Obano was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After the first half Academia NOFX were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Johan Loria to make the kick off. Raimundo Obano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Johan Loria, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 56 minutes into the match, Academia NOFX's goal looked a bit too open when Isidro Orlin came free, but Hernán Pajot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 60th match minute, LA InDuStRiA INC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elvio Mendez to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, LA InDuStRiA INC's Raimundo Obano got control of the ball when Guillermo Haimar tried to sneak it across the goal line. LA InDuStRiA INC's Raimundo Obano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Johan Loria in the 71st minute of play. After having played for 78 minutes, Johan Loria managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Academia NOFX's supporters crossed their fingers, but Johan Loria was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Cristobal Lalla fell near the penalty area in the 80th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored LA InDuStRiA INC's protests and gave Cristobal Lalla a yellow card for diving instead. Cristobal Lalla hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. In the 83rd minute, Haroldo Filipo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hernán Pajot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristobal Lalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 93rd minute of the match LA InDuStRiA INC got a corner. Academia NOFX's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Marcelo Victoro ran over to the corner to take the kick. Johan Loria scored 2-4 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Raimundo Obano, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.