Friendly League

Aaron Jerrald
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Tadeo Jakobe started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Dani Cáceres hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. After recieving a nice pass, Newell´s's Indiana Turban tried to score from far away in the 9th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tadeo Jakobe in the 10th minute of play forced Los Delfines's goalkeeper Matías Patrone to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Los Delfines's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Indiana Turban was slow to take the kick. During this time Newell´s's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Abeitia in the 16th minute of play forced Newell´s's goalkeeper Cristobal Estavan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 17 minutes Newell´s's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Abeitia who took care of the corner kick. Omar Cordara sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Abeitia in the 20th minute of play forced Newell´s's goalkeeper Cristobal Estavan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Tadeo Jakobe came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Newell´s fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Tadeo Jakobe couldn't finish the play. A hard shot 28 in the game by Marciano Mundo from a close distance when the talented Cristobal Estavan managed to make a qualified save. Newell´s's players were relieved. In the 33rd minute, Tadeo Jakobe left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Newell´s fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Cristobal Estavan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Raimundo Goyo in the 37th minute. 45 minutes into the game, Raimundo Goyo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Cristobal Estavan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Marciano Mundo made a kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Newell´s's goal looked a bit too open when Ambrosio Bartolome came free, but Cristobal Estavan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristobal Estavan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ciriaco Selmo, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Cristobal Estavan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Abeitia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristobal Estavan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ciriaco Selmo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tomás Lecanda's late challenge caught a Los Delfines's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tomás Lecanda helped the player get up and apologised. Los Delfines made a substitution. Lucas Urbez replaced Marciano Mundo. Los Delfines made a substitution. Francisco Ascencio replaced Ambrosio Bartolome. Los Delfines's Alessio Borrelli was substituted for Daniel Abeitia. Cristobal Estavan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucas Urbez, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Cristobal Estavan came out of the goal in the 72nd minute to try and stop a shot by Los Delfines's Alessio Borrelli. But to his dismay, Alessio Borrelli quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. If Omar Cordara had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Newell´s's Cristobal Estavan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alessio Borrelli in the 76th minute of play. Cristobal Estavan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucas Urbez in the 79th minute of the match. The throw-in from Alessio Borrelli in the 82nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Newell´s's Mattias Wallengren. After 85 minutes of play, Los Delfines's Alessio Borrelli made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cristobal Estavan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cristobal Estavan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alessio Borrelli in the 88th minute of play. Cristobal Estavan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucas Urbez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alessio Borrelli in the 92nd minute of play forced Newell´s's goalkeeper Cristobal Estavan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 94 minutes into the game, Alessio Borrelli cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Cristobal Estavan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.