Friendly League

Honorino landa
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, 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. Stig Malmgren started the match with the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Héctor Mainer in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Enrique Enoch saved union española s.a. from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Achtung Babies's Héctor Mainer got a free kick in the 11th minute. Héctor Mainer recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 20th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Achtung Babies's Eurico Velloso proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save Achtung Babies from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Enzo Díaz in the 22nd minute of play forced union española s.a.'s goalkeeper Enrique Enoch to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd minute, Santiago Sosa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eurico Velloso made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Rodrigo Mannara sent off a good shot on target. Héctor Mainer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 27th minute, Mikel Dávila hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Enrique Enoch came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by Achtung Babies's Héctor Mainer. But to his dismay, Héctor Mainer quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After 35 minutes of play, Achtung Babies's Héctor Mainer made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Enrique Enoch was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 38th minute, Rodrigo Mannara made a precise shot to the right of Eurico Velloso. Achtung Babies's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. Rodrigo Mannara scored 2-3 in the 41st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eurico Velloso, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 2-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Eurico Velloso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodrigo Mannara in the 51st minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Juan Schnaidt in the 52nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eurico Velloso saved Achtung Babies from getting behind. When Achtung Babies's Héctor Mainer in the 54th minute got a chance for a shot 54th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye union española s.a.'s goalie prevented a goal. Achtung Babies's Eurico Velloso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stig Malmgren in the 56th minute of play. In the 57th minute, Héctor Mainer made a precise shot to the right of Enrique Enoch. union española s.a.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-4. In the 64th minute Stig Malmgren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eurico Velloso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 65 minutes into the match, Achtung Babies's goal looked a bit too open when Romulo Bilbo came free, but Eurico Velloso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eurico Velloso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stig Malmgren in the 76th minute of play. Enrique Enoch took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kobi Usabiaga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Enrique Enoch came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by Achtung Babies's Kobi Usabiaga. But to his dismay, Kobi Usabiaga quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-6. After 80 minutes, Kobi Usabiaga mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Achtung Babies and the union española s.a. players grew even worse after the yellow card. Kobi Usabiaga hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Eurico Velloso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stig Malmgren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 82 minutes of play, union española s.a.'s Juan Schnaidt made it 3-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eurico Velloso was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 85th minute Juan Schnaidt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eurico Velloso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kobi Usabiaga hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. If Kobi Usabiaga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Eurico Velloso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juan Schnaidt, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Oriol Marmolejo kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. The Achtung Babies supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Achtung Babies would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.