Friendly League

Eduardo Galeano
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, 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. Serafim Catranides started the match with the kick off. In the 4thth minute of the game Serafim Catranides who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but los nadies's Eusébio Caiado was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match clock showed 4 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Serafim Catranides sped through los nadies's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Eusébio Caiado. In the 8th match minute, los nadies was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Simone Ritieni to maneuver through the defense. 10 minutes into the match, los nadies's goal looked a bit too open when Braulio Cerilo came free, but Eusébio Caiado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Toro Grana came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the los nadies fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Toro Grana couldn't finish the play. Andres Reynardo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eusébio Caiado having to interfere. Nicolás DAndrea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Toro Grana in the 25th minute of the match. When Emilio Ascencio fell near the penalty area in the 28th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored los nadies's protests and gave Emilio Ascencio a yellow card for diving instead. Emilio Ascencio hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the los nadies defense, Eleuterio Chabier kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eusébio Caiado. The los nadies fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eusébio Caiado should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Defensores del Ángel Gris's Nicolas Silveira got a free kick in the 35th minute. Braulio Cerilo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Emilio Ascencio hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. In the 40th minute, Defensores del Ángel Gris's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Toro Grana fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 46 minutes into the match, Toro Grana had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nicolás DAndrea. Defensores del Ángel Gris's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Toro Grana was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The wind increased when Toro Grana made the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Braulio Cerilo in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eusébio Caiado prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Eusébio Caiado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Braulio Cerilo in the 55th minute of play. Nicolás DAndrea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toro Grana, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Braulio Cerilo took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eusébio Caiado. Eusébio Caiado dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. Eusébio Caiado made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Braulio Cerilo sent off a good shot on target. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Toro Grana in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nicolás DAndrea prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Aureliano Juvenal was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 78th minute. Defensores del Ángel Gris's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Serafim Catranides in the 85th minute of play forced los nadies's goalkeeper Eusébio Caiado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 86 minutes of play los nadies's Emilio Ascencio was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Emilio Ascencio kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 93 minutes, the score became 2-4 when Simone Ritieni sped through Defensores del Ángel Gris's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Nicolás DAndrea.