Friendly League

Feliciano Gambarte
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Shamus McGlynn made the kick off which started today's match. Natalio Ricart didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Shamus McGlynn went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 15 minutes into the game, Ladislao Pacorro threw the ball into play from the sideline. Washington's Roordan McWill quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After 16 minutes of play, Washington's Shamus McGlynn made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Natalio Ricart was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Godoy Cruz's Lisandro Oliverio got a free kick in the 19th minute. In the 21st minute, Shamus McGlynn left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Washington fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Donelle McPeter kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. When Bricin McNamara fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Washington's protests and gave Bricin McNamara a yellow card for diving instead. In the 32nd minute of the match, Romulo Guerrero got a very nice opportunity to score, but Theodore McNamara was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Ennis Cronin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Natalio Ricart having to interfere. In the 43rd minute, Ennis Cronin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Washington fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. In the 46th minute, Ennis Cronin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Washington fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-7 lead.

Theodore McNamara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fausto Iraunkor in the 52nd minute of the match. In the 57th minute Fausto Iraunkor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Theodore McNamara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roordan McWill fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Natalio Ricart having to interfere. Arnold McJames's late challenge caught a Godoy Cruz's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arnold McJames helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Washington's Arnold McJames got a free kick in the 62nd minute. 65 minutes into the match, Shamus McGlynn notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of Godoy Cruz's Natalio Ricart. Natalio Ricart was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romulo Guerrero in the 69th minute of play forced Washington's goalkeeper Theodore McNamara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Godoy Cruz's Natalio Ricart got control of the ball when Shamus McGlynn tried to sneak it across the goal line. Shamus McGlynn might have been able to make a better finish in the 84th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Natalio Ricart. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Shamus McGlynn ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shamus McGlynn in the 84th minute of play forced Godoy Cruz's goalkeeper Natalio Ricart to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th minute, Godoy Cruz's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Ennis Cronin fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 88th minute, Shamus McGlynn reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Natalio Ricart. The goal made the score 0-9. Theodore McNamara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romulo Guerrero in the 96th minute of play.