Friendly League

Estádio Salgadao
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Feliciano Harri started the match with the kick off. Matt Ryan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonathan Iruinea, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Feliciano Harri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Matt Ryan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pitin Sánchez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Ubaldo Matildo Abbondanzieri made a huge save. F.Salgado F.C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Robert Macaneață in the 21st minute. Robert Macaneață made a great header on F.Salgado F.C.'s corner, it was just that Zuberbühler FC's Ubaldo Matildo Abbondanzieri managed to reach the ball for a save. Matt Ryan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Feliciano Harri, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. 28 minutes had been played when some careless play by F.Salgado F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Eustacio Mantzio was slow to take the kick. During this time Zuberbühler FC's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Jonathan Iruinea managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Ubaldo Matildo Abbondanzieri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teodoro Moreno in the 32nd minute of the match. Matt Ryan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonathan Iruinea in the 36th minute of the match. Feliciano Harri struck a weak shot in the 40th minute. Matt Ryan didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Zuberbühler FC. F.Salgado F.C.'s Pitin Sánchez suffered a concussion in the 45th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. When Alfredo Berdoi fell near the penalty area in the 45th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Zuberbühler FC's protests and gave Alfredo Berdoi a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Zuberbühler FC getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Alfredo Berdoi hit a great ball. 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.

Feliciano Harri could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Matt Ryan made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Teodoro Moreno's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ubaldo Matildo Abbondanzieri was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. A collision led to F.Salgado F.C. getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Siro Rainerio hit a great ball. Zuberbühler FC made a substitution. Cristobal Markel replaced Cecilio Ireno. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teodoro Moreno in the 70th minute of play forced Zuberbühler FC's goalkeeper Ubaldo Matildo Abbondanzieri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Matt Ryan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Casimiro Romero in the 73rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Macaneață in the 75th minute of play forced Zuberbühler FC's goalkeeper Ubaldo Matildo Abbondanzieri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zuberbühler FC's Ubaldo Matildo Abbondanzieri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robert Macaneață in the 75th minute of play. With a little luck, F.Salgado F.C.'s Matt Ryan got control of the ball when Eustacio Mantzio tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 78th minute, Teodoro Moreno managed to get in a good position for a shot. F.Salgado F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Teodoro Moreno was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ubaldo Matildo Abbondanzieri breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Teodoro Moreno scored 1-0 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ubaldo Matildo Abbondanzieri, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. F.Salgado F.C.'s Matt Ryan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save F.Salgado F.C. from getting a goal against them. Ubaldo Matildo Abbondanzieri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Teodoro Moreno in the 89th minute of play. Matt Ryan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Casimiro Romero in the 90th minute of the match. In the 96th minute, Teodoro Moreno got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. F.Salgado F.C.'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.