Friendly League

Alberto J. Armando
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Toqui Fc's Belmiro Albarran started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 6 minutes into the match, Franja Dorada's goal looked a bit too open when Ricard Lagarrigue came free, but Jonatan Lizar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ricard Lagarrigue fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonatan Lizar having to interfere. Franja Dorada's Jonatan Lizar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romildo Pérez in the 10th minute of play. 12 minutes into the match, Franja Dorada's goal looked a bit too open when Belmiro Albarran came free, but Jonatan Lizar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rolando Moller succeeded in the game's 15th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-1. Jonatan Lizar came out of the goal in the 19th minute to try and stop a shot by Toqui Fc's Rolando Moller. But to his dismay, Rolando Moller quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Jonatan Lizar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ricard Lagarrigue, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. 24 minutes into the match, Toqui Fc's goal looked a bit too open when Alfonso Palban came free, but Angelillo Barnard reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fernan Jeraldo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Angelillo Barnard made a huge save. 29 minutes into the game, Toqui Fc's Belmiro Albarran nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonatan Lizar made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. The supporters of Franja Dorada booed when Toqui Fc was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Conrado Luna didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Francisco Miguel Manzor fell near the penalty area in the 35th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Toqui Fc's protests and gave Francisco Miguel Manzor a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Toqui Fc getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Francisco Miguel Manzor hit a great ball. The supporters of Franja Dorada booed when Toqui Fc was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rolando Moller didn't get a good kick on the ball. Romildo Pérez scored 0-4 in the 41st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonatan Lizar, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alfonso Palban to make the kick off. After 50 played minutes Franja Dorada got a freekick which was hit by Aquilino Tajo. Rolando Moller received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonatan Lizar came out and tried to block the shot, but Rolando Moller slotted it home off the left post making it 1-5 in the 59th minute. In the 63rd match minute, Franja Dorada was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfonso Palban to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 64 minutes, Rolando Moller managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Toqui Fc's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rolando Moller was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Franja Dorada booed when Toqui Fc was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Conrado Luna didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 67 played minutes, Franja Dorada's Placido Isidor shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Angelillo Barnard came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Franja Dorada reached it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Natalio Milio in the 69th minute of play forced Toqui Fc's goalkeeper Angelillo Barnard to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, Toqui Fc's Jonatan Lizar threw himself towards the right post 70 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Belmiro Albarran, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Belmiro Albarran managed to get in a good position for a shot. Toqui Fc's supporters rose to their feet, but Belmiro Albarran was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonatan Lizar breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Toqui Fc made a substitution. Tanausu Queirolo replaced Ricard Lagarrigue. 79 minutes into the match, Rolando Moller had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonatan Lizar. Franja Dorada's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rolando Moller was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6. With a little luck, Franja Dorada's Jonatan Lizar got control of the ball when Belmiro Albarran tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Franja Dorada's Alfonso Palban got a free kick in the 84th minute. With an all-out effort, Toqui Fc's Jonatan Lizar threw himself towards the right post 87 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Pol Ahrens, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 89 minutes into the match, Alfonso Palban had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Angelillo Barnard. Toqui Fc's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alfonso Palban was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-6. Gustavo Goito hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. In the 93rd minute Belmiro Albarran shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonatan Lizar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonatan Lizar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tanausu Queirolo in the 95th minute. Toqui Fc's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.