Friendly League

Arsenio Erico
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Cartero de Agronomia F.C.'s Teofilo Maidana started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd minute, Teofilo Maidana left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cartero de Agronomia F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. A collision led to Cartero de Agronomia F.C. getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. David Belasko hit a great ball. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind ★Independiente Ψ★'s goalkeeper Maximiliano Iigo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Armando Basajaun showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel-Omar Batista, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Armando Basajaun made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Gabriel-Omar Batista sent off a good shot on target. After 13 played minutes ★Independiente Ψ★ got a freekick which was hit by Gabriel-Omar Batista. Armando Basajaun made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jay-Jay Okocha in the 16th minute. Maximiliano Iigo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Teofilo Maidana in the 21st minute of play. If Jaime Xavier had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 31 played minutes ★Independiente Ψ★ got a freekick which was hit by Adan Aresti. After having played for 34 minutes, Gabriel-Omar Batista managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ★Independiente Ψ★'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Gabriel-Omar Batista was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Benigno Oliviero hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Nicolas Salomon made in the 47th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Gabriel-Omar Batista. In the 48th minute, Israel Manuelo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After the first half Cartero de Agronomia F.C. were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gabriel-Omar Batista to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, ★Independiente Ψ★'s Jairo Hotz got a free kick in the 52nd minute. 55 minutes into the match, ★Independiente Ψ★'s Gabriel-Omar Batista sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Armando Basajaun narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Cartero de Agronomia F.C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Oso Ted in the 59th minute. Oso Ted made a great header on Cartero de Agronomia F.C.'s corner, it was just that ★Independiente Ψ★'s Maximiliano Iigo managed to reach the ball for a save. Armando Basajaun showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel-Omar Batista, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Armando Basajaun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gabriel-Omar Batista, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Jaime Xavier came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Cartero de Agronomia F.C. fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jaime Xavier couldn't finish the play. 74 minutes into the game, Du Hong Hui threw the ball into play from the sideline. ★Independiente Ψ★'s Jairo Hotz quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Armando Basajaun stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gabriel-Omar Batista's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. Armando Basajaun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriel-Omar Batista in the 83rd minute of the match. In the 86th minute, Wincenty Brak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cartero de Agronomia F.C.'s Du Hong Hui quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Gilberto Loreto, made in the 90th minute of the game. ★Independiente Ψ★'s Maximiliano Iigo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 93rd minute of the match, managed to save ★Independiente Ψ★ from getting a goal against them. In the 95th minute, Gabriel-Omar Batista left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ★Independiente Ψ★ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.