Friendly League

Estadio ALBERDI
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Judas Verón got the match started through his kick off. Bernardo Raggio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nacho Roca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, MARTINETA's Bartolo Beliran got control of the ball when Judas Verón tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 23rd match minute, Belgrano de Pibasog was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Silvio Abadia to maneuver through the defense. After 25 played minutes Belgrano de Pibasog got a freekick which was hit by Clemente Gaizkine. In the 29th minute, Belgrano de Pibasog's Judas Verón ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Bartolo Beliran. Bartolo Beliran yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. In the 41st minute Nacho Roca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernardo Raggio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, MARTINETA's Andrey Atamanenko got a free kick in the 42nd minute. In the 43rd minute, Judas Verón hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nacho Roca was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lv Qiang Xiao in the 54th minute of play forced Belgrano de Pibasog's goalkeeper Bernardo Raggio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nacho Roca scored 1-1 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bernardo Raggio, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Belgrano de Pibasog's Melquiades Henrico was substituted for Honorato Jerrold. Bartolo Beliran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Judas Verón, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Bernardo Raggio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lv Qiang Xiao in the 61st minute of the match. Judas Verón might have been able to make a better finish in the 63rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bartolo Beliran. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Judas Verón ran back to his position shaking his head. Bartolo Beliran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Garcia Morros in the 66th minute of the match. Rafal Kaszubowski hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nacho Roca in the 69th minute of play forced Belgrano de Pibasog's goalkeeper Bernardo Raggio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Garcia Morros in the 71st minute of play forced MARTINETA's goalkeeper Bartolo Beliran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 72 minutes, Bernardo Raggio successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Bernardo Raggio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nacho Roca in the 77th minute of play. Bartolo Beliran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Judas Verón, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. With a little luck, Belgrano de Pibasog's Bernardo Raggio got control of the ball when Lv Qiang Xiao tried to sneak it across the goal line. 86 minutes into the match, MARTINETA's goal looked a bit too open when Silvio Abadia came free, but Bartolo Beliran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by João Severino in the 87th minute of play forced Belgrano de Pibasog's goalkeeper Bernardo Raggio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 89 played minutes João Severino rounded Belgrano de Pibasog's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-2. Belgrano de Pibasog's Iulian Ilinca was substituted for Judas Verón. MARTINETA's Albino Eliu was substituted for Alexander Buonanno. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iulian Ilinca in the 94th minute of play forced MARTINETA's goalkeeper Bartolo Beliran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. MARTINETA's Bartolo Beliran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iulian Ilinca in the 94th minute of play. The MARTINETA supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing MARTINETA would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.