Friendly League

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Real Club Celta de Vigo's Renato Tapia 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. Lesardo Alavedra took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pepe Toxeiro. Pepe Toxeiro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Deportivo Alavés were awarded a corner in the 7th minute after Real Club Celta de Vigo's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Andrés Iniesta took the corner. Deportivo Alavés's Andrés Iniesta was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Pepe Toxeiro in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Pepe Toxeiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lesardo Alavedra in the 11th minute of play. In the 16thth minute of the game Lesardo Alavedra who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Real Club Celta de Vigo's Pepe Toxeiro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 16 minutes, Lesardo Alavedra made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Real Club Celta de Vigo's Pepe Toxeiro tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. With a little luck, Deportivo Alavés's Nils-Åke Andreasson got control of the ball when Renato Tapia tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pepe Toxeiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sergi Gómez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Renato Tapia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Nils-Åke Andreasson made a huge save. Aquilino Nobo made in the 36th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Generoso Estrada. After 38 minutes of play, Deportivo Alavés's Lesardo Alavedra made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pepe Toxeiro was left in no man's land by his defense there! Lesardo Alavedra's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pepe Toxeiro read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 41st minute of play. Pepe Toxeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sergi Gómez in the 43rd minute of the match. 44 minutes into the match, Real Club Celta de Vigo's Renato Tapia sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nils-Åke Andreasson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 45 minutes had been played when some careless play by Deportivo Alavés's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Guillermo Marin was slow to take the kick. During this time Real Club Celta de Vigo's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Real Club Celta de Vigo's corner Guillermo Marin fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Nils-Åke Andreasson quite easily take care of the ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lesardo Alavedra made a kick off. Nils-Åke Andreasson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Renato Tapia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Real Club Celta de Vigo's Pepe Toxeiro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save Real Club Celta de Vigo from getting a goal against them. In the 63rdth minute of the game Renato Tapia who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Deportivo Alavés's Nils-Åke Andreasson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Pepe Toxeiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lesardo Alavedra, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. If Renato Tapia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Real Club Celta de Vigo made a substitution. Unai Nuñez replaced Cordera Unzueta. If Vincent Solera had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gustavo Calderon hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Everardo Arias scored 2-5 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nils-Åke Andreasson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Gustavo Calderon got a throw-in 92 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Lesardo Alavedra. After 93 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Deportivo Alavés! When the final whistle sounded Deportivo Alavés left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Real Club Celta de Vigo.