Friendly League

MANDALARENA
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Salomon Gonzáles made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, Serbia y Mantonegro's Ricky Centurión got a free kick in the 4th minute. In the 15th minute Ricky Centurión shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rogelio Rajoi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Besart Chotard was slow to take the kick. During this time Serbia y Mantonegro's players had a chance to rest. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but German Beltran advanced and headed the ball into goal, 0-1 in the 16th minute. 21 minutes into the game, Serbia y Mantonegro's Teobaldo Luar nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rogelio Rajoi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Eusebio Sobrado's late challenge caught a Serbia y Mantonegro's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eusebio Sobrado helped the player get up and apologised. In the 36th minute, Herminio Abajas 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. Anselmo Benítez kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. After 42 played minutes Serbia y Mantonegro got a freekick which was hit by German Beltran. 44 minutes into the match, Ricky Centurión had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rogelio Rajoi. ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ricky Centurión was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ricky Centurión to make the kick off. If Herminio Abajas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Serbia y Mantonegro getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Gabriel Bizi hit a great ball. German Beltran recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ricky Centurión in the 64th minute of play forced ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's goalkeeper Rogelio Rajoi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rogelio Rajoi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ricky Centurión in the 67th minute of play. ALPUJARRAS LIBRE made a substitution. Pascal Balboa replaced Herminio Abajas. In the 69th minute Serbia y Mantonegro were awarded a corner. Besart Chotard went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Serbia y Mantonegro's corner Besart Chotard fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Rogelio Rajoi quite easily take care of the ball. 74 minutes into the match, ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's goal looked a bit too open when Ricky Centurión came free, but Rogelio Rajoi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when German Beltran got free with Rogelio Rajoi in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Rogelio Rajoi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricky Centurión in the 81st minute of the match. In the 82nd minute Serbia y Mantonegro were awarded a corner. Besart Chotard went to the cornerflag to take it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arsenio Itzaina got free with Rogelio Rajoi in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Rogelio Rajoi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ricky Centurión in the 88th minute of play. In the 90thth minute of the game Salomon Gonzáles who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Serbia y Mantonegro's Astor Belarmo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Astor Belarmo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pascal Balboa in the 92nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's Eusebio Sobrado got a free kick in the 93rd minute. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Serbia y Mantonegro had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.