Friendly League

Fuerte Azul
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) AlmaToran's Taio Ponce 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. Urko Baezabal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oliveiro Urbiso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Urko Baezabal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raulo Seda, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Feo Yerro's late challenge caught a Alianza Trujillo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Feo Yerro helped the player get up and apologised. After 11 played minutes AlmaToran got a freekick which was hit by Feo Yerro. Rius Vivar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 21 played minutes AlmaToran got a freekick which was hit by Xayvion Casillas. After a rather tough play, AlmaToran's Atarrabi Emesabel got a free kick in the 22nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oton Utrera in the 30th minute of play forced Alianza Trujillo's goalkeeper Ximenes Barnechea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 32 minutes into the match, AlmaToran's goal looked a bit too open when Raulo Seda came free, but Urko Baezabal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mingo Cercalde in the 33rd minute of play forced AlmaToran's goalkeeper Urko Baezabal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Urko Baezabal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Raulo Seda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, AlmaToran's Xayvion Casillas got a free kick in the 41st minute. Mingo Cercalde's late challenge caught a AlmaToran's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mingo Cercalde helped the player get up and apologised. After 44 played minutes Alianza Trujillo got a freekick which was hit by Mingo Cercalde. Urko Baezabal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mingo Cercalde in the 47th minute of play. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Raulo Seda to strike the kick off in the second half. 57 minutes into the match, AlmaToran's goalkeeper Urko Baezabal had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rius Vivar. Alianza Trujillo made a substitution. Egoitz Cejudo replaced Alberto Antoñano. A sloppy throw-in by Egoitz Cejudo in the 62nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by AlmaToran's Feo Yerro. Urko Baezabal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Froilan Barros in the 64th minute of play. AlmaToran's Urko Baezabal proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save AlmaToran from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice moves Rius Vivar could shoot a difficult shot in the 66th minute, which Urko Baezabal however easily saved by the left post. Urko Baezabal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Froilan Barros in the 67th minute of the match. In the 69th minute, Alianza Trujillo's Mario Verdeja dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-1. In the 75th minute, Alianza Trujillo's Mario Verdeja ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Urko Baezabal. Urko Baezabal yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-2. 78 minutes into the match, Raulo Seda dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Urko Baezabal, 0-3. After 89 minutes of play AlmaToran's Atarrabi Emesabel was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 90 played minutes AlmaToran got a freekick which was hit by Atarrabi Emesabel. AlmaToran's Urko Baezabal proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to save AlmaToran from getting a goal against them. After 93 minutes, Rius Vivar mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Alianza Trujillo and the AlmaToran players grew even worse after the yellow card. When the final whistle sounded Alianza Trujillo left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than AlmaToran.