Friendly League

ARENA NOVA ESPERANÇA
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Belo Alvarez took the kick off in the first half of the match. Narciso Lopez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maurino Serena having to interfere. Maurino Serena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcelinho Hermes in the 12th minute of the match. In the 13th minute of the match COMCHOPP got a corner. A.D. Alcorcón's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Esteve Urtungo ran over to the corner to take the kick. 17 minutes into the match, COMCHOPP's goal looked a bit too open when Erlantz Bermejo came free, but Alto Moco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Belo Alvarez scored 0-1 in the 20th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alto Moco, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Maurino Serena made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Narciso Lopez in the 25th minute of play. Alto Moco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Belo Alvarez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Belo Alvarez took the ball and in the 27 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alto Moco. Alto Moco dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. In the 31st minute Narciso Lopez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maurino Serena saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alto Moco didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Erlantz Bermejo went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Xove Pintor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Maurino Serena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Xove Pintor stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 54 played minutes COMCHOPP got a freekick which was hit by Thomas Steffens. In the 63rd minute, Xove Pintor ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Maurino Serena was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. A.D. Alcorcón made a substitution. Eusebio Quijana replaced Natxo Cacheres. Thomas Steffens received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Maurino Serena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 79 minutes, Narciso Lopez managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. COMCHOPP's supporters crossed their fingers, but Narciso Lopez was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A.D. Alcorcón made a substitution. Leroy Antunez replaced Belo Alvarez. Xove Pintor took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Maurino Serena. Maurino Serena dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. Maurino Serena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcelinho Hermes in the 88th minute of the match. After 89 minutes A.D. Alcorcón's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Esteve Urtungo who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Thomas Steffens heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. In the 92nd minute Xove Pintor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maurino Serena saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. COMCHOPP's Alto Moco proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save COMCHOPP from getting a goal against them. The COMCHOPP manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing A.D. Alcorcón to win.