Friendly League

Melina Arena
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Xalvador Pendones took the kick off in the first half of the match. Janusze's Bocho Bumbalov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xalvador Pendones in the 3rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xalvador Pendones in the 3rd minute of play forced Janusze's goalkeeper Bocho Bumbalov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nueva Chicago were awarded a corner in the 5th minute after Janusze's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joga Leve took the corner. Yrjö Junkka kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Janusze's Barnaba Trzenzalski got a free kick in the 10th minute. Santiago Cañizares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulises Guipuzkoa in the 13th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tostão Mota in the 14th minute of play forced Nueva Chicago's goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Waldemar Brataniec's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 18thth minute, Santiago Cañizares skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When Nueva Chicago's Xalvador Pendones in the 24th minute got a chance for a shot 24th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Janusze's goalie prevented a goal. 35 minutes into the match, Nueva Chicago's goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yrjö Junkka. The supporters of Nueva Chicago booed when Janusze was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Waldemar Brataniec didn't get a good kick on the ball. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nueva Chicago's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tostão Mota was slow to take the kick. During this time Janusze's players had a chance to rest. Bocho Bumbalov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xalvador Pendones, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Santiago Cañizares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Waldemar Brataniec in the 42nd minute. 44 minutes into the match, Waldemar Brataniec had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Santiago Cañizares. Nueva Chicago's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Waldemar Brataniec was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tostão Mota made a kick off. Nueva Chicago's Santiago Cañizares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Waldemar Brataniec in the 57th minute of play. Santiago Cañizares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Waldemar Brataniec in the 62nd minute of play. Nueva Chicago's Santiago Cañizares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ulises Guipuzkoa in the 63rd minute of play. In the 66th minute Waldemar Brataniec shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santiago Cañizares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bocho Bumbalov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Xalvador Pendones in the 68th minute. In the 69th minute Waldemar Brataniec shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santiago Cañizares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Santiago Cañizares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tostão Mota in the 71st minute of the match. After 73 minutes of play, Nueva Chicago's Diego Lugano made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bocho Bumbalov was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 78th minute, Xalvador Pendones left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Nueva Chicago fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Janusze's Wincenty Sokolski was substituted for Wieslaw Kempski. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tostão Mota in the 82nd minute of play forced Nueva Chicago's goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xalvador Pendones in the 84th minute of play forced Janusze's goalkeeper Bocho Bumbalov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nueva Chicago's Francesc Vilaplana was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Bocho Bumbalov in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Joga Leve made a great header on Nueva Chicago's corner, it was just that Janusze's Bocho Bumbalov managed to reach the ball for a save. Diego Lugano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Bocho Bumbalov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Diego Lugano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Nueva Chicago had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.