Friendly League

Juan Román Riquelme
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Celso Cruz got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Javier Santo in the 3rd minute of play forced Urko FC's goalkeeper Sebastián Torrico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Urko FC getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Taribo Ndukwe hit a great ball. Altos Gatos FC were awarded a corner in the 8th minute after Urko FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Javier Santo took the corner. 16 minutes into the match, Altos Gatos FC's Javier Santo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sebastián Torrico narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Celso Cruz got free with Christian Kiliz in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Altos Gatos FC's Javier Santo in the 23rd minute got a chance for a shot 23rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Urko FC's goalie prevented a goal. 26 minutes into the match, Altos Gatos FC's Javier Santo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sebastián Torrico narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Celso Cruz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Christian Kiliz made a huge save. 35 minutes into the match, Altos Gatos FC's Javier Santo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sebastián Torrico narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 36 minutes in the game, Javier Santo 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. In the 39th minute, Urko FC's Celso Cruz dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. Altos Gatos FC's Christian Kiliz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save Altos Gatos FC from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Altos Gatos FC booed when Urko FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Taribo Ndukwe didn't get a good kick on the ball. Javier Santo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 47th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Javier Santo to make the kick off. Christian Kiliz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Celso Cruz, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. The audience was convinced that Celso Cruz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Christian Kiliz was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. After 62 played minutes Altos Gatos FC got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Garnero. Altos Gatos FC made a substitution. Everardo Chago replaced Faustino Orlo. Urko FC made a substitution. Denis Alonso replaced Celso Cruz. Urko FC's Oran Gutti was substituted for Igor Baudelio. Daniel Garnero hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Christian Kiliz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Denis Alonso, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Denis Alonso in the 65th minute of play forced Altos Gatos FC's goalkeeper Christian Kiliz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sebastián Torrico made an important save on a dangerous shot by Justino Corderun in the 67th minute. Sebastián Torrico showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carolo Abancens in the 70th minute of the match. After 73 played minutes Altos Gatos FC got a freekick which was hit by Agustin Villalobos. An unexpectedly hard shot by Denis Alonso in the 74th minute of play forced Altos Gatos FC's goalkeeper Christian Kiliz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bonifacio Olle hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Denis Alonso's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Christian Kiliz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 77th minute of play. After some careless play in the Altos Gatos FC defense, Denis Alonso kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Christian Kiliz. The Altos Gatos FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Christian Kiliz should have stopped the shot. Christian Kiliz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oran Gutti in the 85th minute of the match. In the 86th minute Denis Alonso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christian Kiliz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sebastián Torrico made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Carolo Abancens sent off a good shot on target. Urko FC's Sebastián Torrico proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save Urko FC from getting a goal against them. Christian Kiliz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Denis Alonso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Urko FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Altos Gatos FC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.