Friendly League

La Bombonera
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dionisio Panpili got the match started through his kick off. Óscar Cordoba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teobaldo Cilio in the 2nd minute of the match. In the 4th minute Marlin FC were awarded a corner. Fernando Ciano went to the cornerflag to take it. Teobaldo Cilio was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Reynaldo Duarte kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. After 8 minutes of play, Sporting de Gijón's Matias Bilintx made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Juan Carlos Alvarez was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 10th match minute, Marlin FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Reynaldo Duarte to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Sporting de Gijón's Alejandro Rufo got a free kick in the 12th minute. Giovanni Rana took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 13th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Óscar Cordoba. Sporting de Gijón's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Óscar Cordoba took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Boleslaw Gecionis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Óscar Cordoba stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Yin Yang's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. Óscar Cordoba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yin Yang in the 28th minute of the match. Óscar Cordoba took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yin Yang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 42nd minute, Teobaldo Cilio got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teobaldo Cilio in the 46th minute of play forced Sporting de Gijón's goalkeeper Óscar Cordoba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Matias Bilintx to make the kick off. Juan Carlos Alvarez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Maradona in the 53rd minute of the match. Juan Carlos Alvarez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matias Bilintx in the 59th minute of play. Marlin FC's Ismael Iglesias was substituted for Reynaldo Duarte. Sporting de Gijón's Venancio Emesto was substituted for Alejandro Rufo. 68 minutes into the match, Sporting de Gijón's goal looked a bit too open when Yin Yang came free, but Óscar Cordoba reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diego Maradona in the 79th minute of play forced Marlin FC's goalkeeper Juan Carlos Alvarez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marlin FC's Juan Carlos Alvarez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matias Bilintx in the 81st minute of play. Juan Carlos Alvarez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matias Bilintx in the 81st minute of the match. Juan Carlos Alvarez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Venancio Emesto in the 85th minute of the match. Sporting de Gijón made a substitution. Mario Zanabria replaced Saturnino Curcio. Juan Carlos Alvarez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Venancio Emesto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Sporting de Gijón had won after a very even match.