Friendly League

El Monumental
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Evelio Vimaro took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Martin Indartsu got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 6th minute, Placido Lia left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Alzaga FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Arturo Sengrat didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Placido Lia went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Arturo Sengrat came out of the goal in the 15th minute to try and stop a shot by Alzaga FC's Pedro Salamon. But to his dismay, Pedro Salamon quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Cristo Astrada charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cristo Astrada the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Alzaga FC booed when Rivermania FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristo Astrada didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 21 minutes, Jimeno Ospetsu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Alzaga FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jimeno Ospetsu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 23rd minute Salvador Quirze shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arturo Sengrat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Alzaga FC booed when Rivermania FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Froilan Orain didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pablo Palos hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Arturo Sengrat didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Alzaga FC's Placido Lia shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-4 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 31st minute, Rivermania FC's Cristo Astrada seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Cristo Astrada the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Rivermania FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Cristo Astrada had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Arturo Sengrat made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Salamon in the 35th minute of play. Arturo Sengrat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Placido Lia in the 37th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fermin Salvatore in the 39th minute of play forced Rivermania FC's goalkeeper Arturo Sengrat to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arturo Sengrat made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Salamon in the 41st minute of play. 43 minutes into the match, Placido Lia notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of Rivermania FC's Arturo Sengrat. Arturo Sengrat was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After the first half Alzaga FC were leading 0-6. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Arturo Sengrat didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 53rd minute, which inside left pole to 0-7. In the 57th minute, Alzaga FC's Salvador Quirze ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Arturo Sengrat. Arturo Sengrat yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-8. In the 65th minute, Placido Lia made a precise shot to the right of Arturo Sengrat. Rivermania FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-9. In the 72nd minute, Placido Lia reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Arturo Sengrat. The goal made the score 0-10. 79 minutes into the game, Martin Indartsu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-11. Arturo Sengrat was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Placido Lia scored 0-12 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arturo Sengrat, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Arturo Sengrat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Placido Lia, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Rivermania FC's Arturo Sengrat proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to save Rivermania FC from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Pedro Salamon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arturo Sengrat was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. When Alzaga FC's Pedro Salamon in the 97th minute got a chance for a shot 97th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Rivermania FC's goalie prevented a goal. The Rivermania FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Alzaga FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.