Friendly League

La Caldera
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Carlos Teves kicked off to start the match. In the 2nd minute, Clodoveo Barbosa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Usko Ruuttu in the 3rd minute of play forced La Guardia Imperial's goalkeeper Atilano Esiquio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, La Guardia Imperial's Uriel Colas got a free kick in the 7th minute. In the 15th minute, Carlos Teves 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. When La Guardia Imperial's Carlos Teves in the 18th minute got a chance for a shot 18th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Granate's goalie prevented a goal. In the 18thth minute of the game Carlos Teves who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Granate's Donato Lorenz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Francisco Sayveon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Donato Lorenz made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luisito Estevon in the 23rd minute of play forced La Guardia Imperial's goalkeeper Atilano Esiquio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luisito Estevon in the 26th minute of play forced La Guardia Imperial's goalkeeper Atilano Esiquio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Atilano Esiquio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christos Triantafyllou in the 28th minute of play. A well-hit corner resulted in Christos Triantafyllou heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Donato Lorenz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos Teves, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Donato Lorenz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Teves in the 34th minute of the match. In the 36th minute, Usko Ruuttu 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. The supporters of La Guardia Imperial booed when Granate was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Enzo Hermon didn't get a good kick on the ball. Granate's Donato Lorenz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Teves in the 39th minute of play. Christos Triantafyllou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Atilano Esiquio having to interfere. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Christos Triantafyllou made the kick off in the second half. Donato Lorenz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlos Teves in the 51st minute of play. Donato Lorenz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlos Teves in the 56th minute of play. In the 57th match minute, La Guardia Imperial was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Uriel Colas to maneuver through the defense. Atilano Esiquio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luisito Estevon in the 59th minute. 60 minutes into the match, La Guardia Imperial's goalkeeper Atilano Esiquio had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Christos Triantafyllou. Jaakko Ramstadius might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Atilano Esiquio. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jaakko Ramstadius ran back to his position shaking his head. Carlos Teves's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Donato Lorenz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 63rd minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, Jaakko Ramstadius notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of La Guardia Imperial's Atilano Esiquio. Atilano Esiquio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Through an outstanding action, after 68 minutes, Atilano Esiquio successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Carlos Teves managed to get in a good position for a shot. La Guardia Imperial's supporters rose to their feet, but Carlos Teves was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Donato Lorenz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. La Guardia Imperial's Aristides Austin was substituted for Clodoveo Barbosa. La Guardia Imperial's Atilano Esiquio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save La Guardia Imperial from getting a goal against them. If Francisco Sayveon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 85 minutes into the game, Aristides Austin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Donato Lorenz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Aristides Austin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 91st minute Aristides Austin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Donato Lorenz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Despite being the better team, Granate failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.