Friendly League

Cueva Del Gato
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) With an all-out effort, Nueva Chicago's Hao Chen Hao threw himself towards the right post 3 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Marcial Ziguenza, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 4th minute Xalvador Pendones shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hao Chen Hao saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Santiago Cañizares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ovidio Furman, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Ovidio Furman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Santiago Cañizares having to interfere. Ovidio Furman took the ball and in the 12 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Santiago Cañizares. Santiago Cañizares dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Ⱨ₳₵ɆĐØⱤ ĐɆ ØⱤØ₴'s Sun Wei was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Santiago Cañizares in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Santiago Cañizares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ovidio Furman in the 19th minute of the match. After 21 minutes of play, Ⱨ₳₵ɆĐØⱤ ĐɆ ØⱤØ₴'s Ovidio Furman made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Santiago Cañizares was left in no man's land by his defense there! Santiago Cañizares stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ovidio Furman's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. Santiago Cañizares had in the 27thth minute some difficulties stopping Sun Wei's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. The audience was convinced that Ovidio Furman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Santiago Cañizares was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. Santiago Cañizares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ovidio Furman, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. 34 minutes into the match, Nueva Chicago's goal looked a bit too open when Ovidio Furman came free, but Santiago Cañizares reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ovidio Furman in the 36th minute of play forced Nueva Chicago's goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th minute, Diego Lugano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ovidio Furman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Santiago Cañizares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Marcial Ziguenza came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the Nueva Chicago 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 Marcial Ziguenza couldn't finish the play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Diego Lugano got free with Hao Chen Hao in the 48th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After the first half Ⱨ₳₵ɆĐØⱤ ĐɆ ØⱤØ₴ were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Xalvador Pendones made the kick off in the second half. Hao Chen Hao made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xalvador Pendones in the 51st minute of play. Santiago Cañizares was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ovidio Furman showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-3 in the 54 minute of play. Ovidio Furman's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Santiago Cañizares read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 57th minute of play. In the 58th minute, Ⱨ₳₵ɆĐØⱤ ĐɆ ØⱤØ₴'s Ovidio Furman dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-4. Ⱨ₳₵ɆĐØⱤ ĐɆ ØⱤØ₴'s Diego Armando Milito was substituted for Ovidio Furman. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nueva Chicago's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sun Wei was slow to take the kick. During this time Ⱨ₳₵ɆĐØⱤ ĐɆ ØⱤØ₴'s players had a chance to rest. The corner led to Ⱨ₳₵ɆĐØⱤ ĐɆ ØⱤØ₴'s Zacarias Oliverios getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Gökhun Kakaronis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Santiago Cañizares having to interfere. A collision led to Nueva Chicago getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Patrik Konsel hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marcial Ziguenza in the 72nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hao Chen Hao saved Ⱨ₳₵ɆĐØⱤ ĐɆ ØⱤØ₴ from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diego Armando Milito in the 74th 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 76th minute of play forced Ⱨ₳₵ɆĐØⱤ ĐɆ ØⱤØ₴'s goalkeeper Hao Chen Hao to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Diego Armando Milito's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Santiago Cañizares read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play. Santiago Cañizares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Diego Armando Milito, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With an all-out effort, Ⱨ₳₵ɆĐØⱤ ĐɆ ØⱤØ₴'s Santiago Cañizares threw himself towards the right post 83 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Diego Armando Milito, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Hermínio Veríssimo shot from long distance in the 93rd minute, but Santiago Cañizares was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. In the 95th play minute Diego Armando Milito came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Santiago Cañizares. 1-5.