Friendly League

Tierra de Campeones
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Maximino Lope started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Pedro Ochoa hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Kepa Arrizabalaga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Armando Inautzi, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. 10 minutes into the match, Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's Gustavo-Hernán Egoi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that André Zonta narrowly saved just below the crossbar. André Zonta was out of position in the 10 minute of play, and Gustavo-Hernán Egoi capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gustavo-Hernán Egoi really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Armando Inautzi in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kepa Arrizabalaga prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Kepa Arrizabalaga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximino Lope in the 19th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maximino Lope in the 19th minute of play forced Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kepa Arrizabalaga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximino Lope in the 24th minute of the match. Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's Kepa Arrizabalaga played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christopher Birchall in the 25th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armando Inautzi in the 26th minute of play forced Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Ochoa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. André Zonta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kepa Arrizabalaga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Armando Inautzi in the 37th minute of the match. André Zonta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Ochoa in the 38th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Maximino Lope's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kepa Arrizabalaga was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. Maximino Lope scored 1-1 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kepa Arrizabalaga, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Pedro Ochoa to strike the kick off in the second half. Kepa Arrizabalaga didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sven Thorsberg went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. In the 58th match minute, Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilfredo Bieito to maneuver through the defense. Kepa Arrizabalaga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sven Thorsberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's Karel Kacharov got a free kick in the 66th minute. Sven Thorsberg took the ball and in the 68 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Kepa Arrizabalaga. Kepa Arrizabalaga dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka's Leon Trotskiy was substituted for Iker Eneko. Wilfredo Bieito's late challenge caught a El retorno del Pincha's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Wilfredo Bieito helped the player get up and apologised. In the 74th match minute, Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilfredo Bieito to maneuver through the defense. Ernesto Tristezza was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 75th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gustavo-Hernán Egoi in the 78th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg André Zonta saved El retorno del Pincha from getting behind. In the 81st minute Pedro Ochoa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but André Zonta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. André Zonta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ke Xun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kepa Arrizabalaga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sven Thorsberg in the 95th minute of play. El retorno del Pincha played a much better game than Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka and deserved their victory. The Sportivo Smirnoff Vodka players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.