Friendly League

Claudio Fabián Tapia
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Natalio Lekubegi made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to Elite Azulgrana getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Astor Bixintxo hit a great ball. Eusebio Afonso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Gaston Gomez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gaston Gomez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gaston Lucila in the 14th minute of play. Aaron Demesio hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. In the 16th minute, Eusebio Afonso ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gaston Gomez was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. An unexpected shot in the 19th minute by Emilio Sugoi got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 21 minutes into the game, Eusebio Afonso cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Gaston Gomez was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Astor Bixintxo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 30th minute, Sixto Oier hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gaston Gomez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonatan Ubendu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 39th minute Isidro Lángara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Igon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Daniel Igon didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Isidro Lángara went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zacarias Lauaxeta to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute the ball was on its way in behind Campeones del Mundo's goalkeeper Daniel Igon, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Elite Azulgrana's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Alfredo Carricaberry in the 56th minute. The corner ended in Saturnino Cidro almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Campeones del Mundo's Daniel Igon did a great save. Emilio Sugoi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Isidro Lángara got free with Daniel Igon in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 72nd match minute, Campeones del Mundo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rosendo Bide to maneuver through the defense. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind Campeones del Mundo's goalkeeper Daniel Igon, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 80th minute Elite Azulgrana were awarded a corner. Alfredo Carricaberry went to the cornerflag to take it. Alfredo Carricaberry made a great header on Elite Azulgrana's corner, it was just that Campeones del Mundo's Daniel Igon managed to reach the ball for a save. Daniel Igon made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Isidro Lángara sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rosendo Bide in the 86th minute of play forced Elite Azulgrana's goalkeeper Gaston Gomez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 88 minutes into the game, Campeones del Mundo's Jonatan Ubendu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gaston Gomez made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. 96 minutes into the match, Elite Azulgrana's goal looked a bit too open when Jonatan Ubendu came free, but Gaston Gomez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. For all the effort they put into the match, the Elite Azulgrana players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Campeones del Mundo.