Friendly League

Tierra de Campeones
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Ruperto Rainerio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Charly Good, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sporting Buceo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rainier Gregoire in the 5th minute. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Leon Platense's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rainier Gregoire was slow to take the kick. During this time Sporting Buceo's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Sporting Buceo's corner Filimon Gamburtsev fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ruperto Rainerio quite easily take care of the ball. Sporting Buceo's Maximo Horquizar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Constantino Anaya in the 15th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Leon Platense's Maximo Horquizar threw himself towards the right post 19 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Gonzalo Adrio, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maureen Franco in the 24th minute of play forced Leon Platense's goalkeeper Ruperto Rainerio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 24 minutes in the game, Maureen Franco dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. When Sporting Buceo's Isaias Jakue, in the 28th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Sporting Buceo. Juan Sartori made a great header on Sporting Buceo's corner, it was just that Leon Platense's Ruperto Rainerio managed to reach the ball for a save. Ruperto Rainerio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isaias Jakue in the 33rd minute of the match. When Maureen Franco came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the Sporting Buceo 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 Maureen Franco couldn't finish the play. 44 minutes into the match, Leon Platense's goal looked a bit too open when Isaias Jakue came free, but Ruperto Rainerio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 44 minutes into the match, Leon Platense's goal looked a bit too open when Isaias Jakue came free, but Ruperto Rainerio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Isaias Jakue in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ruperto Rainerio saved Leon Platense from getting behind. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Maureen Franco stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ruperto Rainerio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Isaias Jakue in the 61st minute. In the 63rd minute Sporting Buceo were awarded a corner. Rainier Gregoire went to the cornerflag to take it. After 65 minutes, Maureen Franco made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Leon Platense's Ruperto Rainerio tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Sporting Buceo's Yao Yan Sen was substituted for Rainier Gregoire. Sporting Buceo's Xinto Carreiras was substituted for Isaias Jakue. Xinto Carreiras succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-3 in the 72nd playminute. Ruperto Rainerio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xinto Carreiras, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Xinto Carreiras managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sporting Buceo's supporters rose to their feet, but Xinto Carreiras was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ruperto Rainerio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Leon Platense's attack was well implemented in the 84th minute, but when Hernán Leandro was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Xinto Carreiras in the 87th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ruperto Rainerio saved Leon Platense from getting behind. Xinto Carreiras might have been able to make a better finish in the 89th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ruperto Rainerio. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Xinto Carreiras ran back to his position shaking his head. Xinto Carreiras's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ruperto Rainerio firmly grabbed it by the left post. Ruperto Rainerio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Xinto Carreiras's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Sporting Buceo eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.