Friendly League

Battle of death
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Humberto Escobar kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Atlético Grau Piura getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Ignado Ozores hit a great ball. Juan Benavides took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fabian Oterino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Leobardo Tojedo was slow to take the kick. During this time Atlético Grau Piura's players had a chance to rest. 11 minutes into the game, Fabian Oterino cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Juan Benavides was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 19th minute Fabian Oterino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juan Benavides saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fabian Oterino's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Juan Benavides read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 21st minute of play. Atlético Grau Piura were awarded a corner in the 22th minute after ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Leobardo Tojedo took the corner. It was a well-played corner which Fabian Oterino managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. 24 minutes into the match, Atlético Grau Piura's goal looked a bit too open when Humberto Escobar came free, but Tartalo Delatorre reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Humberto Escobar got free with Tartalo Delatorre in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tartalo Delatorre showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martín Ulloa, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Martín Ulloa scored 1-1 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tartalo Delatorre, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Juan Benavides made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabian Oterino in the 32nd minute of play. In the 33rd minute of the match Atlético Grau Piura got a corner. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Leobardo Tojedo ran over to the corner to take the kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabian Oterino in the 35th minute of play forced ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper Juan Benavides to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Atlético Grau Piura's attentive Francisco Conceicão managed to snatch the ball when Adan Bartuelo made a throw-in in the 42nd minute of the game. If Fabian Oterino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Tartalo Delatorre showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martín Ulloa in the 45th minute of the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Fabian Oterino to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Fabian Oterino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juan Benavides saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Guillermo Escalona hit a great ball. In the 61stth minute of the game Humberto Escobar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Atlético Grau Piura's Tartalo Delatorre was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 70th minute Humberto Escobar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tartalo Delatorre saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Juan Benavides got control of the ball when Fabian Oterino tried to sneak it across the goal line. Tartalo Delatorre took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nelsinho Nóbrega, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Juan Benavides made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Fabian Oterino sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as Fabian Oterino kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Juan Benavides. That made the score 3-2 in the 84 minute of play. After a rather tough play, Atlético Grau Piura's Hulk Ulaş got a free kick in the 90th minute. In the 91stth minute of the game Humberto Escobar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Atlético Grau Piura's Tartalo Delatorre was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.