Friendly League

La Bombonera
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Nicolas Sancho started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the game, Rodrigo Ferdinand threw the ball into play from the sideline. Cascadia United's Abel Neron quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Nicolas Sancho received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Leonel Rocco came out and tried to block the shot, but Nicolas Sancho slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 8th minute. After having played for 14 minutes, Severino Rey managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Boquenses's supporters crossed their fingers, but Severino Rey was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 20th minute Miguel Ángel Benito shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tobias Osoro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 22 minutes had been played when some careless play by Boquenses's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rene Pueblo was slow to take the kick. During this time Cascadia United's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Rene Pueblo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tobias Osoro quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 24 minutes in the game Celso Gaur did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Gregorio Tirso. Miguel Ángel Benito took the ball and in the 25 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tobias Osoro. Tobias Osoro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Leonel Rocco stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rodrigo Ferdinand's shot from short distance in the 31st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leopold Greve in the 35th minute of play forced Boquenses's goalkeeper Tobias Osoro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 35 minutes into the match, Leopold Greve had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tobias Osoro. Boquenses's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Leopold Greve was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. With a little luck, Cascadia United's Leonel Rocco got control of the ball when Gregorio Tirso tried to sneak it across the goal line. Leonel Rocco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gregorio Tirso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 45th minute of the match Cascadia United got a corner. Boquenses's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Rene Pueblo ran over to the corner to take the kick. Wang Di Yi made a great header on Cascadia United's corner, it was just that Boquenses's Tobias Osoro managed to reach the ball for a save. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

Boquenses made a substitution. Teobaldo Oier replaced Rodrigo Ferdinand. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Miguel Ángel Benito to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Nicolas Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonel Rocco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 54th minute, Vladimiro Vincent hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Leonel Rocco stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Teobaldo Oier's shot from short distance in the 59th minute. Leonel Rocco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gregorio Tirso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leonel Rocco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gregorio Tirso in the 64th minute of the match. Leonel Rocco stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Teobaldo Oier's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. Wang Di Yi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Tobias Osoro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 80th minute, Constantino Neto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 81 played minutes Boquenses got a freekick which was hit by Nunez Gabino. The crowd rose to their feet as Miguel Ángel Benito kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Tobias Osoro. That made the score 1-3 in the 82 minute of play. When Boquenses's Teobaldo Oier in the 85th minute got a chance for a shot 85th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cascadia United's goalie prevented a goal. 88 minutes into the match, Nicolas Sancho notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of Cascadia United's Leonel Rocco. Leonel Rocco was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Iván Pillud kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. Leonel Rocco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolas Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Cascadia United walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.