Friendly League

El Coliseo
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Blas Beila started the match with the kick off. Gladiadores's Richard-Dean Textex played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Conrado Frans in the 2nd minute of play. 3 minutes had been played when some careless play by Gladiadores's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hector Martxel was slow to take the kick. During this time Northern California's players had a chance to rest. Gervasio Isias was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 6th minute Fabio Monte shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Richard-Dean Textex saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Santos Mino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marciano Pettinelli in the 9th minute of the match. Richard-Dean Textex showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sergio Heriberto, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Gladiadores's Richard-Dean Textex played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernard McFrank in the 16th minute of play. Santos Mino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marciano Pettinelli in the 17th minute of play. Santos Mino made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Blas Beila sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabio Monte in the 19th minute of play forced Gladiadores's goalkeeper Richard-Dean Textex to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 22 minutes into the game, Blas Beila cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Santos Mino was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marciano Pettinelli in the 25th minute of play forced Northern California's goalkeeper Santos Mino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marciano Pettinelli in the 26th minute of play forced Northern California's goalkeeper Santos Mino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Richard-Dean Textex showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gervasio Isias, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. 30 minutes into the match, Gladiadores's goal looked a bit too open when Fabio Monte came free, but Richard-Dean Textex reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 34th minute Marciano Pettinelli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santos Mino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Richard-Dean Textex showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Conrado Frans in the 36th minute of the match. Richard-Dean Textex showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabio Monte in the 45th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sergio Heriberto in the 46th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Richard-Dean Textex saved Gladiadores from getting behind. Conrado Frans scored 1-1 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Richard-Dean Textex, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fabio Monte to make the kick off. Richard-Dean Textex made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Conrado Frans in the 54th minute of play. Richard-Dean Textex took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Conrado Frans, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gladiadores's Richard-Dean Textex proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Gladiadores from getting a goal against them. The attack was good, but when Fabio Monte in the 62nd minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. In the 64th minute Marciano Pettinelli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santos Mino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 66th minute, Pablo Innocenzio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gladiadores fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Santos Mino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marciano Pettinelli in the 74th minute of the match. Fabio Monte could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Richard-Dean Textex made a huge save. Santos Mino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Blas Beila in the 80th minute of play. Richard-Dean Textex showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sergio Heriberto in the 84th minute of the match. Jacinto Playo hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Gladiadores made a substitution. Albino Belo replaced Blas Beila. 93 minutes into the match, Northern California's Hector Martxel broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. After 94 minutes of play, Gladiadores's Albino Belo made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Santos Mino was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Gladiadores's Cristo Quilino got a free kick in the 98th minute. Gladiadores were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Northern California for a fine match.