Friendly League

ZORZAL01
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, 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. Arsenio Maldonado started the match with the kick off. Augusto Aresti charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Augusto Aresti the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 2 played minutes Cachiyuyo EAS got a freekick which was hit by Augusto Aresti. Arnulfo Nataniel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Arsenio Maldonado's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. When ZORZAL01's Arsenio Maldonado in the 6th minute got a chance for a shot 6th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cachiyuyo EAS's goalie prevented a goal. In the 16th minute of the match ZORZAL01 got a corner. Cachiyuyo EAS's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Leonel Unai ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Felipe Iraunkor got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Arnulfo Nataniel quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Arnulfo Nataniel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Felipe Iraunkor in the 17th minute. Arsenio Maldonado succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 20th playminute. In the 22nd minute, Julian Iratzeder hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the ZORZAL01 defense, Natalio Laurin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Florentino Demario. The ZORZAL01 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Florentino Demario should have stopped the shot. In the 28th minute of the match, Edgardo Nardo tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Arnulfo Nataniel saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 29th minute, Julian Iratzeder hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 31stth minute of the game Arsenio Maldonado who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cachiyuyo EAS's Arnulfo Nataniel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgardo Nardo in the 34th minute of play forced Cachiyuyo EAS's goalkeeper Arnulfo Nataniel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arnulfo Nataniel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arsenio Maldonado in the 37th minute of the match. In the 37th minute, Arsenio Maldonado left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ZORZAL01 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

ZORZAL01's Joaquin Lizbeth was substituted for Edgardo Nardo. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Natalio Laurin made a kick off. Julian Iratzeder was shown his second yellow card after 53 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 54th match minute, ZORZAL01 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Julian Iratzeder to maneuver through the defense. Paolo Gotzon's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Arnulfo Nataniel read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 56th minute of play. If Joaquin Lizbeth had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Paolo Gotzon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Joaquin Lizbeth came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the ZORZAL01 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 Joaquin Lizbeth couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Joaquin Lizbeth's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arnulfo Nataniel was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. The supporters of ZORZAL01 booed when Cachiyuyo EAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Javier Ostots didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 84th match minute, ZORZAL01 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonel Unai to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Cachiyuyo EAS's Melchor Calixto got a free kick in the 86th minute. Felipe Iraunkor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Arnulfo Nataniel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arnulfo Nataniel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paolo Gotzon in the 91st minute of play. Paolo Gotzon scored 3-1 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arnulfo Nataniel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. ZORZAL01'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.