Friendly League

Estadio 21 de Agosto
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Leandro Cordarin started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Jose Aritza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 7 minutes into the match, Club El Progreso's goal looked a bit too open when Leandro Cordarin came free, but Juan Vergaray reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Juan Vergaray showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leandro Cordarin in the 11th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Leandro Cordarin in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Juan Vergaray prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jose Aritza took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Juan Vergaray. Juan Vergaray dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 22nd minute, Venancio Chaime hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by Club El Progreso's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Placido Cordarell was slow to take the kick. During this time Deportivo Balvanera's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Placido Cordarell almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Club El Progreso's Juan Vergaray did a great save. Juan Vergaray stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jose Aritza's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. Juan Vergaray stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jose Aritza's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. Juan Vergaray showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eusebio Lehoi, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Juan Vergaray didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eusebio Lehoi went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Santiago Sosa during the 44th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Santiago Sosa hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ignacio Ebere to make the kick off. If Santiago Sosa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 55 minutes into the match, Eusebio Lehoi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Juan Vergaray. Club El Progreso's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eusebio Lehoi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. When Ignacio Ebere fell near the penalty area in the 57th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Club El Progreso's protests and gave Ignacio Ebere a yellow card for diving instead. In the 57th match minute, Club El Progreso was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ignacio Ebere to maneuver through the defense. Eusebio Lehoi's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Juan Vergaray firmly grabbed it by the left post. Leandro Cordarin received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Juan Vergaray came out and tried to block the shot, but Leandro Cordarin slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 59th minute. Octavio Pes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Juan Vergaray having to interfere. Deportivo Balvanera's Bonifacio Petrigai was substituted for Octavio Pes. Leandro Cordarin was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 66th minute. Deportivo Balvanera's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. A collision led to Club El Progreso getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Baldomero Salomon hit a great ball. Club El Progreso's Juan Vergaray proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save Club El Progreso from getting a goal against them. If Placido Cordarell had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abel Neron showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignacio Ebere in the 78th minute of the match. Leandro Cordarin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Juan Vergaray made a huge save. 86 minutes had been played when some careless play by Club El Progreso's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Placido Cordarell was slow to take the kick. During this time Deportivo Balvanera's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Placido Cordarell almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Club El Progreso's Juan Vergaray did a great save. Juan Vergaray made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rene Restu in the 90th minute. In the 93rd minute, Leandro Cordarin reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Juan Vergaray. The goal made the score 0-7. The Club El Progreso fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Deportivo Balvanera were clearly better and deserved to take the win.