Friendly League

Venas Abiertas
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gugu de Mendonça got the match started through his kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gugu de Mendonça in the 3rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Enzo Rodriguez prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ariel Venerando made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lionel Richie in the 7th minute. Road To Glory's Gugu de Mendonça got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Lionel Richie's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ariel Venerando was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. The supporters of Ernesto Guevara SyD booed when Road To Glory was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leonardo Gaspard didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Serafin Hernandez managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ernesto Guevara SyD's supporters rose to their feet, but Serafin Hernandez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ariel Venerando breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Enzo Rodriguez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gugu de Mendonça, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Maximo Geofredo made in the 22nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Road To Glory's Leonardo Gaspard. 23 minutes into the match, Gugu de Mendonça notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Ernesto Guevara SyD's Enzo Rodriguez. Enzo Rodriguez was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 28 minutes into the match, Gugu de Mendonça notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Ernesto Guevara SyD's Enzo Rodriguez. Enzo Rodriguez was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 35th minute the ball was on its way in behind Road To Glory's goalkeeper Ariel Venerando, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 41st minute Gugu de Mendonça shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Enzo Rodriguez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Ernesto Guevara SyD defense, Gugu de Mendonça kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Enzo Rodriguez. The Ernesto Guevara SyD fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Enzo Rodriguez should have stopped the shot. In the 45th match minute, Road To Glory was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gregorio Guillelmo to maneuver through the defense. Pascual Bernat could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 46th minute of the match, but Ariel Venerando made a huge save. When the match had gone on for 46 minutes, Lionel Richie took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Ariel Venerando to make any attempt to save it. The Ernesto Guevara SyD players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Road To Glory were winning 1-3.

The wind increased when Lionel Richie made the kick off in the second half. Pascual Bernat scored 2-3 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ariel Venerando, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 57 minutes into the match, Ernesto Guevara SyD's goalkeeper Enzo Rodriguez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gugu de Mendonça. Leonardo Gaspard hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Ernesto Guevara SyD made a substitution. Marcos Tirso replaced Pascual Bernat. In the 68th match minute, Road To Glory was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonardo Gaspard to maneuver through the defense. Ariel Venerando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Beto Almada in the 70th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 71 minutes, Gugu de Mendonça took a quick shot and it went in 2-4 without a chance for Enzo Rodriguez to make any attempt to save it. Beto Almada fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ariel Venerando having to interfere. Road To Glory were awarded a corner in the 81th minute after Ernesto Guevara SyD's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gugu de Mendonça took the corner. Road To Glory's Gugu de Mendonça was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Enzo Rodriguez in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After a defensive mix-up in Ernesto Guevara SyD's zone, Gugu de Mendonça stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Enzo Rodriguez came out of the goal and Gugu de Mendonça tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 96th minute Marcos Tirso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ariel Venerando saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Road To Glory 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.