Friendly League

Ciudad de los Reyes
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jozef Karas got the match started through his kick off. Ladislav Blažek stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Osvaldo Pietro's shot from short distance in the 2nd minute. Segundo Ponciano kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. Marcelo Celino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jozef Karas in the 13th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, FC XY's Václav Košičan got a free kick in the 14th minute. In the 17th minute, Eriberto Louis made a precise shot to the right of Ladislav Blažek. FC XY's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. After 27 minutes of play, FC XY's Daniel Gešík made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcelo Celino was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 30 played minutes El Bobo y El Bocho got a freekick which was hit by Segundo Ponciano. In the 32nd play minute Osvaldo Pietro came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Ladislav Blažek. 3-2. When the match clock showed 35 minutes, the score became 4-2 when Osvaldo Pietro sped through FC XY's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ladislav Blažek. In the 39th minute Jozef Karas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelo Celino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonatan Abaurre hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Daniel Gešík took the ball and in the 43 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marcelo Celino. Marcelo Celino dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-3. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-3. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Osvaldo Pietro to strike the kick off in the second half. Marcelo Celino made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jozef Karas in the 51st minute. In the 52nd match minute, El Bobo y El Bocho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Saul Louis to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, FC XY's Jozef Karas tried to score from far away in the 53rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Daniel Gešík received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Marcelo Celino tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 59 minutes into the match, El Bobo y El Bocho's goalkeeper Marcelo Celino had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Gešík. Victoriano Ranolfo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 64 minutes into the match, Victoriano Ranolfo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ladislav Blažek. FC XY's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Victoriano Ranolfo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-3. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Osvaldo Pietro in the 67th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ladislav Blažek prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel Bučko in the 69th minute of play forced El Bobo y El Bocho's goalkeeper Marcelo Celino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Antón Chopok's late challenge caught a El Bobo y El Bocho's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Antón Chopok helped the player get up and apologised. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Eriberto Louis managed to get in a good position for a shot. El Bobo y El Bocho's supporters rose to their feet, but Eriberto Louis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ladislav Blažek breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The referee felt a red card was in order, 75 minutes into the game, when Matej Šajna put in a rough tackle. 75 minutes into the game, one of FC XY:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After some careless play in the FC XY defense, Osvaldo Pietro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ladislav Blažek. The FC XY fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ladislav Blažek should have stopped the shot. Ladislav Blažek stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Osvaldo Pietro's shot from short distance in the 88th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Osvaldo Pietro in the 95th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ladislav Blažek saved FC XY from getting behind. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. El Bobo y El Bocho had won after a very even match.