Friendly League

IMPERIO U18 ARENA
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Godfredo Firman started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute, OLYMPIACOS FC's Ramiro Lore dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. OLYMPIACOS FC's Constantino Felipo got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 14th match minute, ⲨⲀⲚⲀ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abel Maldonado to maneuver through the defense. After 15 minutes of play, OLYMPIACOS FC's Ramiro Lore made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Iker Azubeli was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 19th match minute, OLYMPIACOS FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Evaristo Kaiet to maneuver through the defense. In the 20th minute, one of ⲨⲀⲚⲀ:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for ⲨⲀⲚⲀ. Iker Azubeli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ramiro Lore, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in OLYMPIACOS FC's zone, Godfredo Firman stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ovidio Oto came out of the goal and Godfredo Firman tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramiro Lore in the 31st minute of play forced ⲨⲀⲚⲀ's goalkeeper Iker Azubeli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ovidio Oto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Godfredo Firman in the 34th minute of the match. 38 minutes into the game, Roberto Walme was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ⲨⲀⲚⲀ's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave OLYMPIACOS FC the free kick. In the 40th minute, Roberto Walme hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Everardo Bermudez hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Godfredo Firman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Ovidio Oto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Iker Azubeli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ramiro Lore, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of OLYMPIACOS FC booed when ⲨⲀⲚⲀ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emilio Gabirel didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ramiro Lore was the one to do the kick off. After 52 played minutes OLYMPIACOS FC got a freekick which was hit by Eliseo Eduino. After 55 minutes, Tomas Txatxu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ⲨⲀⲚⲀ and the OLYMPIACOS FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Tomas Txatxu hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. When the match clock showed 57 minutes, the score became 4-0 when Ramiro Lore sped through ⲨⲀⲚⲀ's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Iker Azubeli. Abel Maldonado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Ovidio Oto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 63rd minute, Constantino Felipo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ovidio Oto acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 64th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Modesto Ugaitz. After a defensive mix-up in ⲨⲀⲚⲀ's zone, Eliseo Eduino stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Iker Azubeli came out of the goal and Eliseo Eduino tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Ramiro Lore's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Iker Azubeli was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. OLYMPIACOS FC's Baldomiro Arias got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 74th minute, Roberto Walme hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 77th minute, Constantino Felipo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ovidio Oto made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Tomas Txatxu sent off a good shot on target. Ubaldo Ishmael charged in rather forcefully in the 81st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ubaldo Ishmael the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 82nd minute of the match Baldomiro Arias shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Iker Azubeli showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eliseo Eduino in the 85th minute of play forced ⲨⲀⲚⲀ's goalkeeper Iker Azubeli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Txatxu got free with Ovidio Oto in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Abel Maldonado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.