Friendly League

ARENA ACADÉMICA
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Eulalio Vincent took the kick off in the first half of the match. BICHO neuquino's Roque Manni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eulalio Vincent in the 4th minute of play. After a rather tough play, BICHO neuquino's Jorge Lidon got a free kick in the 4th minute. After 10 minutes, David Orti mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BICHO neuquino and the Galáctico Azul FC™ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Roque Manni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eulalio Vincent, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Roque Manni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Generoso Michael in the 17th minute of the match. With a little luck, BICHO neuquino's Roque Manni got control of the ball when Eulalio Vincent tried to sneak it across the goal line. A hard shot 22 in the game by Eulalio Vincent from a close distance when the talented Roque Manni managed to make a qualified save. BICHO neuquino's players were relieved. The crowd rose to their feet as Galáctico Azul FC™'s Eulalio Vincent slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Roque Manni. That made the score 1-0 after 23 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eulalio Vincent in the 26th minute of play forced BICHO neuquino's goalkeeper Roque Manni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roque Manni stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eulalio Vincent's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. Galáctico Azul FC™'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Maximo Cutberto in the 28th minute. Roque Manni made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Gaspar Magdaleno sent off a good shot on target. Roque Manni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eulalio Vincent, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. 34 minutes into the match, BICHO neuquino's goal looked a bit too open when Generoso Michael came free, but Roque Manni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th minute, Elpidio Raebert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 36th minute Eulalio Vincent shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roque Manni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 38 minutes of play, Galáctico Azul FC™'s Erasmo Celino made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roque Manni was left in no man's land by his defense there! All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Luciano Abel was the one to do the kick off. When Eulalio Vincent came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Galáctico Azul FC™ 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 Eulalio Vincent couldn't finish the play. Roque Manni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eulalio Vincent in the 59th minute of the match. In the 63rd minute, Eulalio Vincent made a precise shot to the right of Roque Manni. BICHO neuquino's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. The supporters of Galáctico Azul FC™ booed when BICHO neuquino was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Laureano Panpili didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Victor Bernabel managed to get in a good position for a shot. Galáctico Azul FC™'s supporters rose to their feet, but Victor Bernabel was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Roque Manni breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Roque Manni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eulalio Vincent in the 72nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Eulalio Vincent's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roque Manni was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. 80 minutes into the match, Generoso Michael notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of BICHO neuquino's Roque Manni. Roque Manni was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 85th minute Casimiro Ellande shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roque Manni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Casimiro Ellande fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roque Manni having to interfere. After 95 minutes of play, Galáctico Azul FC™'s Casimiro Ellande made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roque Manni was left in no man's land by his defense there! Galáctico Azul FC™'s supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.