Prized/Friendly Cup

Jurand Cichewski
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Unidad de Matanza's Michal Stehno 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. 4 minutes into the match, Unidad de Matanza's goal looked a bit too open when Zuzen Arroniz came free, but Jonatan Eguzki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Xzaiver Lorenzo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michal Stehno in the 10th minute of the match. Xzaiver Lorenzo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Máximo Kirchner in the 11th minute of play. 12 minutes into the match, Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato's goal looked a bit too open when Michal Stehno came free, but Xzaiver Lorenzo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Michal Stehno got free with Xzaiver Lorenzo in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Michal Stehno came free with the goalkeeper in the 16th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Xzaiver Lorenzo could save by the left post. In the 17th minute of the match, Máximo Kirchner tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Xzaiver Lorenzo saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato's Xzaiver Lorenzo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Máximo Kirchner in the 22nd minute of play. Xzaiver Lorenzo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Máximo Kirchner, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Xzaiver Lorenzo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Michal Stehno, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato's Xzaiver Lorenzo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato from getting a goal against them. Unidad de Matanza's Jonatan Eguzki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zorion Oña in the 37th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Máximo Kirchner's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Xzaiver Lorenzo was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. 44 minutes into the match, Máximo Kirchner had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Xzaiver Lorenzo. Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Máximo Kirchner was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Unidad de Matanza's Michal Stehno got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 58th match minute, Unidad de Matanza was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Martin Grøtterud to maneuver through the defense. Espínola Cabañero's late challenge caught a Unidad de Matanza's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Espínola Cabañero helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Espínola Cabañero hit a great ball. Unidad de Matanza's Nestor Bâru was substituted for Martin Grøtterud. In the 61st match minute, Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Espínola Cabañero to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nestor Bâru in the 64th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Xzaiver Lorenzo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nestor Bâru in the 66th minute of play forced Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato's goalkeeper Xzaiver Lorenzo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Xzaiver Lorenzo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nestor Bâru in the 69th minute of play. In the 70thth minute of the game Nestor Bâru who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato's Xzaiver Lorenzo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match clock showed 70 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Nestor Bâru sped through Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Xzaiver Lorenzo. Xzaiver Lorenzo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nestor Bâru in the 74th minute of the match. In the 78th minute Nestor Bâru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xzaiver Lorenzo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 79th minute, Nestor Bâru 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. A collision led to Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Vidal Cabada hit a great ball. In the 94th minute, Nestor Bâru ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Xzaiver Lorenzo was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Unidad de Matanza walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.