Friendly League

El Palmar
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ivón Barroso made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th minute, Barto Arratia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Domeka Talavera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Elguero in the 9th minute of play. Eriberto Segura kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Pedro Elguero sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 16 minutes into the match, Tirant lo Blanch's goalkeeper Domeka Talavera had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bienvenido Mera. Domeka Talavera came out of the goal in the 19th minute to try and stop a shot by El Palmar's Bienvenido Mera. But to his dismay, Bienvenido Mera quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Celestino Alarcon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Domeka Talavera made a huge save. In the 27th minute of the match, Pedro Elguero tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Domeka Talavera saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 29 minutes into the match, Tirant lo Blanch's goal looked a bit too open when Cedro Echeto came free, but Domeka Talavera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With his leg Domeka Talavera managed to avoid a goal in the 31stth minute, when El Palmar's Bienvenido Mera fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When the match clock showed 31 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Bienvenido Mera sped through Tirant lo Blanch's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Domeka Talavera. 38 minutes into the match, Tirant lo Blanch's goal looked a bit too open when Pedro Elguero came free, but Domeka Talavera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 39th minute El Palmar were awarded a corner. Tuste De Pedro went to the cornerflag to take it. Domeka Talavera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bienvenido Mera in the 42nd minute. 44 minutes into the match, Bienvenido Mera had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Domeka Talavera. Tirant lo Blanch's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bienvenido Mera was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bienvenido Mera made a kick off. Pedro Elguero's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Domeka Talavera read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 55th minute of play. 57 minutes into the match, Cedro Echeto notched a goal, 6-0, to the right of Tirant lo Blanch's Domeka Talavera. Domeka Talavera was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Tirant lo Blanch's Domeka Talavera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Remigio Murcia in the 61st minute of play. Ismael Velasco made in the 67th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Teodoro Ramiréz. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Barto Arratia during the 68th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of El Palmar booed when Tirant lo Blanch was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Barto Arratia didn't get a good kick on the ball. Domeka Talavera came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by El Palmar's Tuste De Pedro. But to his dismay, Tuste De Pedro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-0. Domeka Talavera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bienvenido Mera, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Cedro Echeto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Domeka Talavera was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. After 90 minutes of play, El Palmar's Bienvenido Mera made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Domeka Talavera was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience cheered when Bienvenido Mera's long shot passed Domeka Talavera's right side. It was 9-0, 96 minutes into the match. When the referee ended the match the El Palmar players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.