Friendly League

Pasayogacho
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gregorio Mel got the match started through his kick off. Agustín Barquerin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grzegorz Gdaniec in the 3rd minute of the match. A.K.Sh Albania's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Alesandro Nesta in the 5th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Grzegorz Gdaniec in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Agustín Barquerin saved Hogwarts from getting behind. Agustín Barquerin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grzegorz Gdaniec in the 9th minute of play. If Grzegorz Gdaniec had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Grzegorz Gdaniec in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Agustín Barquerin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grzegorz Gdaniec in the 17th minute of play forced Hogwarts's goalkeeper Agustín Barquerin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 23 minutes into the match, Hogwarts's goal looked a bit too open when Grzegorz Gdaniec came free, but Agustín Barquerin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Humberto Udaeta in the 25th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by A.K.Sh Albania's Alesandro Nesta. Agustín Barquerin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Grzegorz Gdaniec, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A.K.Sh Albania's Dobromir Malkanov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Derlis Florentin in the 28th minute of play. Alesandro Nesta hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. In the 34th minute, Hogwarts's Marcelo Capacho seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Marcelo Capacho the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Hogwarts protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Marcelo Capacho had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Hogwarts:s Agustín Barquerin showed great skill when he stopped Alesandro Nesta:s penalty. After 36 minutes of play, A.K.Sh Albania's Alesandro Nesta made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Agustín Barquerin was left in no man's land by his defense there! Benjamin Quijada hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alesandro Nesta in the 39th minute of play forced Hogwarts's goalkeeper Agustín Barquerin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40th match minute, Hogwarts was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benjamin Quijada to maneuver through the defense. Agustín Barquerin came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by A.K.Sh Albania's Grzegorz Gdaniec. But to his dismay, Grzegorz Gdaniec quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. In the 46th minute, Gregorio Mel left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The A.K.Sh Albania fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. The Hogwarts players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. A.K.Sh Albania were winning 0-4.

The wind increased when Derlis Florentin made the kick off in the second half. When the match clock showed 52 minutes, the score became 0-5 when Grzegorz Gdaniec sped through Hogwarts's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Agustín Barquerin. Grzegorz Gdaniec's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Agustín Barquerin read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 62nd minute of play. A throw-in in the 64th minute of the game was made by Humberto Udaeta with Derlis Florentin as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Derlis Florentin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Agustín Barquerin made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Grzegorz Gdaniec sent off a good shot on target. In the 68th minute A.K.Sh Albania were awarded a corner. Alesandro Nesta went to the cornerflag to take it. A well done corner resulted in Grzegorz Gdaniec drilling the ball in to score 0-6 behind Hogwarts's goalkeeper. The audience was convinced that Grzegorz Gdaniec's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Agustín Barquerin was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. In the 74th minute the ball was on its way in behind Hogwarts's goalkeeper Agustín Barquerin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 75 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hogwarts's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alesandro Nesta was slow to take the kick. During this time A.K.Sh Albania's players had a chance to rest. 78 minutes into the match, Hogwarts's goalkeeper Agustín Barquerin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Grzegorz Gdaniec. A sloppy throw-in by Humberto Udaeta in the 82nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by A.K.Sh Albania's Alesandro Nesta. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Grzegorz Gdaniec in the 84th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Agustín Barquerin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Grzegorz Gdaniec's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Agustín Barquerin was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Grzegorz Gdaniec succeeded in the game's 87th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-7. Grzegorz Gdaniec blasted a shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Agustín Barquerin having to make a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Grzegorz Gdaniec got free with Agustín Barquerin in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Grzegorz Gdaniec got free with Agustín Barquerin in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 94 minutes into the game, A.K.Sh Albania's Grzegorz Gdaniec nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Agustín Barquerin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-8. A.K.Sh Albania's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.