Friendly League

Pelusa Pichuco Rock
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Aquilino Errapel took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 2nd match minute, Camarón Bombay was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Peep Sabella to maneuver through the defense. Cleto Tabb showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martín Palermo, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. A collision led to Camarón Bombay getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Peep Sabella hit a great ball. In the 10th minute, Martín Palermo made a precise shot to the right of Cleto Tabb. Camarón Bombay's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Cleto Tabb showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martín Palermo in the 15th minute of the match. Daniel Păvăloae made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rene Houseman in the 16th minute of play. Metal Juniors's Daniel Păvăloae played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Peep Sabella in the 17th minute of play. In the 20th match minute, Metal Juniors was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leopoldo Itzaina to maneuver through the defense. In the 22nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Camarón Bombay's goalkeeper Cleto Tabb, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 22 minutes into the match, Martín Palermo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cleto Tabb. Camarón Bombay's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Martín Palermo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The corner ended in Jonatan Dantae almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Camarón Bombay's Cleto Tabb did a great save. Martín Palermo scored 0-3 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cleto Tabb, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the Camarón Bombay defense, Martín Palermo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cleto Tabb. The Camarón Bombay fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cleto Tabb should have stopped the shot. A sloppy throw-in by Constantino Confesor in the 35th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Metal Juniors's Yani Abalos. Cleto Tabb took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martín Palermo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 42 minutes into the match, Metal Juniors's goal looked a bit too open when Peep Sabella came free, but Daniel Păvăloae reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 46th minute, Constantino Confesor hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Camarón Bombay players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Metal Juniors were winning 0-5.

The wind increased when Martín Palermo made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Metal Juniors's Martín Palermo got a free kick in the 54th minute. Martín Palermo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Cleto Tabb tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cleto Tabb made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martín Palermo in the 61st minute of play. Yani Abalos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cleto Tabb having to interfere. In the 64th minute Martín Palermo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cleto Tabb saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Daniel Păvăloae came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Camarón Bombay's Rene Houseman. But to his dismay, Rene Houseman quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-5. Metal Juniors's Haroldo Nayely was substituted for Jonatan Dantae. Metal Juniors made a substitution. Sergio Dennis replaced Martín Palermo. In the 76thth minute of the game Sergio Dennis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Camarón Bombay's Cleto Tabb was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 76 minutes, Sergio Dennis made it 1-6 with a short kick to the right side. Camarón Bombay's Cleto Tabb tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Sergio Dennis took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cleto Tabb. Cleto Tabb dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-7. In the 83rd match minute, Camarón Bombay was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by German Euloxu to maneuver through the defense. Cleto Tabb showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sergio Dennis in the 85th minute of the match. After 86 minutes, German Euloxu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Camarón Bombay and the Metal Juniors players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 86 played minutes Camarón Bombay got a freekick which was hit by German Euloxu. 90 minutes into the match, Sergio Dennis notched a goal, 1-8, to the right of Camarón Bombay's Cleto Tabb. Cleto Tabb was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 94 played minutes Metal Juniors got a freekick which was hit by Emilio Bibiano. Daniel Păvăloae showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aquilino Errapel, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Metal Juniors eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.