Friendly League

Catatumbo Park
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Bruno Moneda made the kick off and thus started the match. 3 minutes into the match, The Valar's goal looked a bit too open when Bruno Moneda came free, but Emmanuel Canturri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 5th minute the ball was on its way in behind The Valar's goalkeeper Emmanuel Canturri, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Imperio Catatumbo de Lara were awarded a corner in the 6th minute after The Valar's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Braulio Castulo took the corner. Braulio Castulo made a great header on Imperio Catatumbo de Lara's corner, it was just that The Valar's Emmanuel Canturri managed to reach the ball for a save. With a little luck, The Valar's Emmanuel Canturri got control of the ball when Bruno Moneda tried to sneak it across the goal line. With his leg Emmanuel Canturri managed to avoid a goal in the 21stth minute, when Imperio Catatumbo de Lara's Bruno Moneda fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, Bruno Moneda put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Emmanuel Canturri. Tristan Franquis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from William Rigg, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Tristan Franquis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from William Rigg, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. 32 minutes into the match, William Rigg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tristan Franquis. Imperio Catatumbo de Lara's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that William Rigg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Imperio Catatumbo de Lara's Tristan Franquis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by William Rigg in the 34th minute of play. Emmanuel Canturri was a little too slow when Bruno Moneda got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 44th minute. The score was now 3-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when William Rigg made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, The Valar's William Rigg ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Tristan Franquis. Tristan Franquis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-2. Emmanuel Canturri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bruno Moneda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that William Rigg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tristan Franquis was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Moneda in the 63rd minute of play forced The Valar's goalkeeper Emmanuel Canturri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Imperio Catatumbo de Lara's Bruno Moneda got a free kick in the 66th minute. A collision led to Imperio Catatumbo de Lara getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Bruno Moneda hit a great ball. In the 75th minute the ball was on its way in behind Imperio Catatumbo de Lara's goalkeeper Tristan Franquis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Tristan Franquis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from William Rigg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Liu Liang Gang had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.