Friendly League

Estadio Diamante
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) 8 minutes into the match, Hurboc's goal looked a bit too open when Ernest Ponta came free, but Ignacio Quintun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Armando Paredes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Selami Baycan in the 18th minute of play. With a little luck, Hurboc's Ignacio Quintun got control of the ball when Marco Pero tried to sneak it across the goal line. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hurboc's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Delmiro Donostia was slow to take the kick. During this time ZAFIRO FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Faustino Reno got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ignacio Quintun quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 26thth minute of the game Apalasuka Moco who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ZAFIRO FC's Armando Paredes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 28 minutes, Marco Pero put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Ignacio Quintun. An unexpectedly hard shot by Apalasuka Moco in the 31st minute of play forced ZAFIRO FC's goalkeeper Armando Paredes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th minute Apalasuka Moco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Armando Paredes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marco Pero received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Ignacio Quintun tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Apalasuka Moco in the 40th minute of play forced ZAFIRO FC's goalkeeper Armando Paredes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ricardo Baumar hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. After 46 played minutes Hurboc got a freekick which was hit by Uriel Illart. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Apalasuka Moco was the one to do the kick off. Hurboc were awarded a corner in the 53th minute after ZAFIRO FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Selami Baycan took the corner. Marco Pero might have been able to make a better finish in the 55th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ignacio Quintun. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marco Pero ran back to his position shaking his head. Hurboc's Ignacio Quintun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marco Pero in the 59th minute of play. Ignacio Quintun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Pero in the 61st minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Wen Song Qian during the 64th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 66 minutes into the match, Hurboc's goal looked a bit too open when Marco Pero came free, but Ignacio Quintun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 68th minute, Marco Pero 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. Hurboc's Damian Enekoitz was substituted for 俞德星. After 72 played minutes Hurboc got a freekick which was hit by Piotr Przewozik. Armando Paredes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Selami Baycan in the 73rd minute. The supporters of Hurboc booed when ZAFIRO FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ernest Ponta didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the ZAFIRO FC defense, Ermegildo Theobald kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Armando Paredes. The ZAFIRO FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Armando Paredes should have stopped the shot. During the 79th minute of the match Wen Song Qian completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Wen Song Qian a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Selami Baycan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Armando Paredes made a huge save. 92 minutes into the match, Ermegildo Theobald had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Armando Paredes. ZAFIRO FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ermegildo Theobald was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. The Hurboc supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Hurboc would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.