Friendly League

Loco Savaş
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gabriele Batistuta started the match with the kick off. Roberto Carlo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Grabiel Escorcia's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Camilo Salvidor read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 6th minute of play. Grabiel Escorcia's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Camilo Salvidor read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 9th minute of play. Grabiel Escorcia blasted a shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Camilo Salvidor having to make a save. Menchu FC's Camilo Salvidor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grabiel Escorcia in the 11th minute of play. 13 minutes into the match, Gabriele Batistuta notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Nacional's Cristiano Aveiro. Cristiano Aveiro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Cristiano Aveiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriele Batistuta in the 16th minute of the match. Gabriele Batistuta scored 2-0 in the 16th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cristiano Aveiro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 20th minute the ball was on its way in behind Nacional's goalkeeper Cristiano Aveiro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The throw-in from Lucas Martínez Quarta in the 28th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Nacional's Xu Sha. Menchu FC's Camilo Salvidor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joseph Gayoso in the 32nd minute of play. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by Menchu FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Xu Sha was slow to take the kick. During this time Nacional's players had a chance to rest. 35 minutes into the match, Menchu FC's goal looked a bit too open when Joseph Gayoso came free, but Camilo Salvidor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Grabiel Escorcia made a kick off. In the 54thth minute of the game Grabiel Escorcia who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Menchu FC's Camilo Salvidor was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cristiano Aveiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Uriel Gorri, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. In the 60th minute Menchu FC were awarded a corner. Armando Roland went to the cornerflag to take it. Menchu FC made a substitution. Mayer Candelo replaced Peter Söderqwist. Menchu FC's Herbert Pilarski was substituted for Uriel Gorri. 77 minutes into the match, Menchu FC's Gabriele Batistuta sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cristiano Aveiro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Nacional's Ranolfo Piedrahita was substituted for Joseph Gayoso. Tomas Cordaryal made in the 80th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Gabriele Batistuta however managed to control. The audience was convinced that Grabiel Escorcia's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Camilo Salvidor was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Menchu FC had played much better football throughout.