Friendly League

La Polvera de Boca
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) After a rather tough play, El Retorno de Palermo's Julian Afonso got a free kick in the 2nd minute. The supporters of Fuerza Amarilla booed when El Retorno de Palermo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Danilo Milian didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 11th minute Vicente Valdero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anibal Egoitz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Angelino Bernard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 16 minutes into the game, Rodrigo Ursueguia was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Fuerza Amarilla's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave El Retorno de Palermo the free kick. After a rather tough play, Fuerza Amarilla's Rodrigo Ursueguia got a free kick in the 16th minute. Sanchez Vagrande showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rosendo Izotz in the 18th minute of the match. Alejandro Garriga recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 29th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to El Retorno de Palermo getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Cristian Napier hit a great ball. In the 39th minute, Vicente Valdero made a precise shot to the right of Anibal Egoitz. El Retorno de Palermo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Anibal Egoitz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alejandro Garriga in the 44th minute of play. After 45 played minutes Fuerza Amarilla got a freekick which was hit by Francisco Porta. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sixto Mascaran stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, El Retorno de Palermo's goal looked a bit too open when Alejandro Garriga came free, but Anibal Egoitz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Fuerza Amarilla's Xuban Basagoitia got a free kick in the 55th minute. Danilo Milian fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sanchez Vagrande having to interfere. 58 minutes into the match, El Retorno de Palermo's goal looked a bit too open when Sixto Mascaran came free, but Anibal Egoitz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 61 minutes, Anibal Egoitz successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 64th minute, Sixto Mascaran reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Anibal Egoitz. The goal made the score 0-3. 71 minutes into the match, Sixto Mascaran had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anibal Egoitz. El Retorno de Palermo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sixto Mascaran was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. El Retorno de Palermo's Anibal Egoitz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save El Retorno de Palermo from getting a goal against them. Anibal Egoitz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sixto Mascaran, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. In the 83rd minute Alberto Walme shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sanchez Vagrande saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Julian Afonso hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Danilo Milian's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sanchez Vagrande was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. When Vicente Bakar fell near the penalty area in the 94th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored El Retorno de Palermo's protests and gave Vicente Bakar a yellow card for diving instead. In the 94th match minute, El Retorno de Palermo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vicente Bakar to maneuver through the defense. When the final whistle sounded Fuerza Amarilla left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than El Retorno de Palermo.