Friendly League

Jurand Cichewski
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Sportivo Mela Banco's Loco Gatti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Máximo Kirchner in the 3rd minute of play. 4 minutes into the match, Sportivo Mela Banco's goal looked a bit too open when Michal Stehno came free, but Loco Gatti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miromir Ciechocki in the 6th minute of play forced Unidad de Matanza's goalkeeper Jonatan Eguzki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sportivo Mela Banco were furious when Roman Berdoi was red carded, 8 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. 8 minutes into the game, one of Sportivo Mela Banco:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Loco Gatti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Máximo Kirchner in the 10th minute of play. In the 12th minute Máximo Kirchner shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Loco Gatti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Loco Gatti managed to avoid a goal in the 16thth minute, when Unidad de Matanza's Michal Stehno fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Loco Gatti stood somewhat misplaced when Michal Stehno came free in front of goal and shot 1-0 to the left of him in the 16 minute. Loco Gatti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eustacio Ortzi in the 27th minute of play. Loco Gatti didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Michal Stehno went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. 33 minutes into the match, Sportivo Mela Banco's goal looked a bit too open when Máximo Kirchner came free, but Loco Gatti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Loco Gatti made an important save on a dangerous shot by Máximo Kirchner in the 38th minute. In the 40th minute Unidad de Matanza were awarded a corner. Eustacio Ortzi went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Unidad de Matanza's Clodoveo Orlin to fire away a dangerous shot which Loco Gatti despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After some careless play in the Sportivo Mela Banco defense, Clodoveo Orlin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Loco Gatti. The Sportivo Mela Banco fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Loco Gatti should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Unidad de Matanza's Freddy Quintyn got a free kick in the 43rd minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Miromir Ciechocki was the one to do the kick off. In the 66th minute Máximo Kirchner shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Loco Gatti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 67 minutes of play, Unidad de Matanza's Eustacio Ortzi made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Loco Gatti was left in no man's land by his defense there! Sportivo Mela Banco's Vinny Speed was substituted for Miromir Ciechocki. Unidad de Matanza made a substitution. Marsilam Sangaji replaced Milton Rojas. 72 minutes into the game, Edgard Bottin threw the ball into play from the sideline. Unidad de Matanza's Freddy Quintyn quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 77 minutes into the match, Unidad de Matanza's Marsilam Sangaji sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Loco Gatti narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The throw-in from Vinny Speed in the 79th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Unidad de Matanza's Freddy Quintyn. A sloppy throw-in by Freddy Quintyn in the 88th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Sportivo Mela Banco's Froilan Bartolome. 91 minutes into the match, Marsilam Sangaji notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Sportivo Mela Banco's Loco Gatti. Loco Gatti was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 93 minutes into the match, Unidad de Matanza's Marsilam Sangaji sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Loco Gatti narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 95th minute of the match Unidad de Matanza got a corner. Sportivo Mela Banco's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Eustacio Ortzi ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well done corner resulted in Clodoveo Orlin drilling the ball in to score 6-0 behind Sportivo Mela Banco's goalkeeper.