Prized/Friendly Cup

Jorge Guinzburg
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nicolas Estevez kicked off to start the match. Aurelio Valeriani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Javier Santo in the 3rd minute of play. Javier Santo took the ball and in the 7 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aurelio Valeriani. Aurelio Valeriani dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. In the 13th minute, Javier Santo made a precise shot to the right of Aurelio Valeriani. Los Golosos's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. In the 22nd minute Aquilino Arnau shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christian Kiliz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aurelio Valeriani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Javier Santo, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. In the 25th minute, Javier Santo made a precise shot to the right of Aurelio Valeriani. Los Golosos's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind Los Golosos's goalkeeper Aurelio Valeriani, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 34 minutes into the match, Los Golosos's goalkeeper Aurelio Valeriani had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Javier Santo. When Los Golosos's Leendert Looze in the 36th minute got a chance for a shot 36th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Altos Gatos FC's goalie prevented a goal. Altos Gatos FC's Christian Kiliz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leendert Looze in the 39th minute of play. With his leg Aurelio Valeriani managed to avoid a goal in the 40thth minute, when Altos Gatos FC's Javier Santo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 41st match minute, Los Golosos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leendert Looze to maneuver through the defense. Javier Santo might have been able to make a better finish in the 46th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aurelio Valeriani. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Javier Santo ran back to his position shaking his head. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Javier Santo made the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Javier Santo 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Javier Santo in the 58th minute of play forced Los Golosos's goalkeeper Aurelio Valeriani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aurelio Valeriani didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Javier Santo went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. When Javier Santo came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Altos Gatos FC 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 Javier Santo couldn't finish the play. Los Golosos's Aurelio Valeriani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dinç Tuncay in the 75th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Carolo Abancens in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Aurelio Valeriani prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Maximo Orain made a great header on Los Golosos's corner, it was just that Altos Gatos FC's Christian Kiliz managed to reach the ball for a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carolo Abancens in the 82nd minute of play forced Los Golosos's goalkeeper Aurelio Valeriani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 84 minutes, Dinç Tuncay put it in 6-0 from a short distance just to the right of Aurelio Valeriani. In the 87th minute Carolo Abancens shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aurelio Valeriani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 88 minutes had been played when some careless play by Los Golosos's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dinç Tuncay was slow to take the kick. During this time Altos Gatos FC's players had a chance to rest. Altos Gatos FC's Daniel Garnero was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Aurelio Valeriani in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Aurelio Valeriani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carolo Abancens in the 90th minute of the match. Aurelio Valeriani stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Carolo Abancens's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. Aurelio Valeriani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dinç Tuncay in the 93rd minute of play.