Friendly League

La Caja
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Apolo Lauaxeta took the kick off in the first half of the match. Alejandro Verdu was a little too slow when Apolo Lauaxeta got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 3rd minute. The score was now 1-0. Antoni Villarroel charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Antoni Villarroel the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Antoni Villarroel hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. In the 12th minute Neal Messer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonio Roma saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antonio Roma showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Neal Messer in the 18th minute of the match. Antonio Roma showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Neal Messer in the 20th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Neal Messer managed to get in a good position for a shot. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's supporters rose to their feet, but Neal Messer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Antonio Roma breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 28 played minutes F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA got a freekick which was hit by Ludovít Reis. In the 30th minute the ball was on its way in behind Saturno's goalkeeper Antonio Roma, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Neal Messer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Antonio Roma was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Kaczeniak in the 38th minute of play forced F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's goalkeeper Alejandro Verdu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee felt a red card was in order, 42 minutes into the game, when Gică Popescu put in a rough tackle. After 41 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA! When the match had been going on for 45 minutes, Saturno's Apolo Lauaxeta got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Alejandro Verdu. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Antoni Villarroel stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Gonzalo Boye had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 53rd match minute, F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Neal Messer to maneuver through the defense. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Alejandro Verdu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Apolo Lauaxeta in the 55th minute of play. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's David Ballester managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Arnaud Sarron in the 60 minute of the game. Antoni Villarroel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Antonio Roma made a huge save. 75 minutes into the match, Apolo Lauaxeta had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alejandro Verdu. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Apolo Lauaxeta was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Gonzalo Boye could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Antonio Roma made a huge save. The throw-in from Arnaud Sarron in the 83rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's David Ballester. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Alejandro Verdu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Laureano Perfecto in the 90th minute of play. When the referee blew the final whistle, Saturno could leave the field as winners, despite F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA having more of the ball for most of the match.