Friendly League

Estadio Monumental
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zeng Ting Xing took the kick off in the first half of the match. Ruperto Nayely made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlos Sueiro in the 4th minute of play. Zeng Ting Xing could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Ruperto Nayely made a huge save. In the 11th minute, Gogo Crescencio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fabio Cordarell shot from long distance in the 11th minute, but Ruperto Nayely was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. Ruperto Nayely showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zeng Ting Xing, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. After 17 minutes Pendex's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Fabio Cordarell who took care of the corner kick. In the 19th minute Costante Segarra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruperto Nayely saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Union Y Progreso F.C.'s Dragomir Marchovski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nemesio Isusko in the 20th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafael Nisio in the 25th minute of play forced Union Y Progreso F.C.'s goalkeeper Dragomir Marchovski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carlos Sueiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dragomir Marchovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rafael Nisio in the 31st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santiago Meruendano in the 33rd minute of play forced Pendex's goalkeeper Ruperto Nayely to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Rafael Nisio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dragomir Marchovski was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. 39 minutes into the match, Pendex's goalkeeper Ruperto Nayely had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Carlos Sueiro. Ruperto Nayely showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Sueiro in the 41st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Union Y Progreso F.C.'s Ambrossi Gigante got a free kick in the 46th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafael Nisio in the 47th minute of play forced Union Y Progreso F.C.'s goalkeeper Dragomir Marchovski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rafael Nisio was the one to do the kick off. Ruperto Nayely showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Sueiro in the 52nd minute of the match. In the 63rd minute, Union Y Progreso F.C.'s Fabio Cordarell seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Fabio Cordarell the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Union Y Progreso F.C. protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Fabio Cordarell had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Pendex's David Šácha was substituted for Rafael Nisio. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 63rd minute of the game. One of Union Y Progreso F.C.:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Pendex:s goal. Pan Zheng Li's late challenge caught a Pendex's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pan Zheng Li helped the player get up and apologised. Pan Zheng Li hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. A collision led to Union Y Progreso F.C. getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. León Rapela hit a great ball. David Šácha's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dragomir Marchovski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 76th minute of play. Santiago Meruendano struck a weak shot in the 78th minute. Ruperto Nayely didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Union Y Progreso F.C.. León Rapela's late challenge caught a Pendex's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. León Rapela helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Pendex booed when Union Y Progreso F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. León Rapela didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 84th match minute, Union Y Progreso F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Costante Segarra to maneuver through the defense. Ruperto Nayely made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santiago Meruendano in the 86th minute of play. Ruperto Nayely made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Costante Segarra in the 90th minute of play. Abel Antonio kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Pendex's David Šácha slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Dragomir Marchovski. That made the score 0-2 after 94 minutes of play. Gogo Crescencio hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. The Pendex players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.