Friendly League

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Aureliano Karlo got the match started through his kick off. Luis Mejía made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Aureliano Karlo sent off a good shot on target. When Romulo Abilio fell near the penalty area in the 8th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's protests and gave Romulo Abilio a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰ booed when Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Romulo Abilio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Melchor Garoa, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Roberto Eztebe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Melchor Garoa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Semih Recai in the 11th minute of the match. After 14 minutes of play, ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s Melchor Garoa made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roberto Eztebe was left in no man's land by his defense there! Aureliano Karlo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Luis Mejía firmly grabbed it by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Semih Recai in the 21st minute of play forced Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Roberto Eztebe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Semih Recai in the 26th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Melchor Garoa in the 28th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Roberto Eztebe prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Luis Mejía made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aureliano Karlo in the 32nd minute. Mihály Berki made in the 34th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Melchor Garoa. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Gabriel Diaz managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Filomeno Birjaio in the 37 minute of the game. Luis Mejía showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guido Txindoki, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Roberto Eztebe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Melchor Garoa in the 47th minute of play. Roberto Eztebe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Melchor Garoa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰ were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Semih Recai was the one to do the kick off. Aureliano Karlo might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Luis Mejía. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Aureliano Karlo ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aureliano Karlo in the 53rd minute of play forced ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s goalkeeper Luis Mejía to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aureliano Karlo in the 60th minute of play forced ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s goalkeeper Luis Mejía to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s Romulo Cedro was substituted for Melchor Garoa. Julien Staffelbach scored 1-1 in the 71st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Luis Mejía, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 75 minutes into the match, Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Romulo Cedro. Luis Mejía took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mario Sesuldo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rogelio Erlantz hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Luis Mejía stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Julien Staffelbach's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. Luis Mejía showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christoff Stocks, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ were awarded a corner in the 83th minute after ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Dawid Beckham took the corner. Julien Staffelbach received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Luis Mejía tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Julien Staffelbach took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luis Mejía. Luis Mejía dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Through an outstanding action, after 90 minutes, Roberto Eztebe successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After some careless play in the Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ defense, Nafiz Bilen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Roberto Eztebe. The Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Roberto Eztebe should have stopped the shot. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.