Friendly League

Bombonera Stadium
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Martin Palermo kicked off to start the match. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by SiTomanBoy´s's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marcelo Trobbiani was slow to take the kick. During this time Magic is Back's players had a chance to rest. Marcelo Trobbiani made a great header on Magic is Back's corner, it was just that SiTomanBoy´s's James Novak managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 9th minute, Hernán Torrejón left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SiTomanBoy´s fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. SiTomanBoy´s's James Novak proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save SiTomanBoy´s from getting a goal against them. Hernán Torrejón recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 19 minutes into the match, Martin Palermo notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of SiTomanBoy´s's James Novak. James Novak was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Roberto Mouzo made in the 24th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Martin Palermo immediately put the ball in play. If Luis Medero had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 36th minute, Hernán Torrejón managed to get in a good position for a shot. SiTomanBoy´s's supporters rose to their feet, but Hernán Torrejón was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ruben Sánchez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Martin Palermo got free with James Novak in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 43rd minute, Marcelo Trobbiani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Magic is Back's zone, Hernán Torrejón stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ruben Sánchez came out of the goal and Hernán Torrejón tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Isaac Ibarbia hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, SiTomanBoy´s's Isaac Ibarbia got a free kick in the 48th minute. 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Hernán Torrejón made a kick off. Sebastián Battaglia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. James Novak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. SiTomanBoy´s's Toninho Guerreiro was substituted for Hernán Torrejón. In the 79th match minute, Magic is Back was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristian Medina to maneuver through the defense. Ruben Sánchez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Verner Nord in the 82nd minute of the match. When Isaac Ibarbia fell near the penalty area in the 83rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SiTomanBoy´s's protests and gave Isaac Ibarbia a yellow card for diving instead. In the 83rd match minute, SiTomanBoy´s was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Isaac Ibarbia to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Verner Nord got free with Ruben Sánchez in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 89th minute Verner Nord shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruben Sánchez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Claudio Marangoni's late challenge caught a SiTomanBoy´s's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Claudio Marangoni helped the player get up and apologised. The crowd rose to their feet as SiTomanBoy´s's Toninho Guerreiro slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ruben Sánchez. That made the score 1-2 after 96 minutes of play. The SiTomanBoy´s players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.