Friendly League

Monumental Marathon
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) LA Lord Perez's Aurelio De Marchi started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, Universitario's Karlo Gavilanes got a free kick in the 3rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aurelio De Marchi in the 4th minute of play forced Universitario's goalkeeper Matro Perramon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 6 minutes, Restu Pineda mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Universitario and the LA Lord Perez players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of LA Lord Perez booed when Universitario was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Restu Pineda didn't get a good kick on the ball. Matro Perramon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ettore Mazzocchetti, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. 14 minutes into the match, Universitario's goal looked a bit too open when Ettore Mazzocchetti came free, but Matro Perramon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Matro Perramon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aurelio De Marchi in the 15th minute of the match. Ettore Mazzocchetti hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. After 19 minutes, Joachim Arana made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. LA Lord Perez's Armin Bondi tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When Andy Somellera came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Universitario fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Andy Somellera couldn't finish the play. After having played for 36 minutes, Cristoforo Di Lorenzo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. LA Lord Perez's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristoforo Di Lorenzo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 38th minute of the match Ettore Mazzocchetti shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Matro Perramon showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aurelio De Marchi in the 39th minute of play forced Universitario's goalkeeper Matro Perramon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 46 minutes, Andy Somellera made it 2-0 with a short kick to the right side. LA Lord Perez's Armin Bondi tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Andy Somellera stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Universitario's goalkeeper Matro Perramon had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ettore Mazzocchetti. Joachim Arana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ettore Mazzocchetti could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Matro Perramon made a huge save. After 63rd play minutes Ettore Mazzocchetti shot 2-1, a short shot which went by Matro Perramon and just under the crossbar into goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joachim Arana in the 73rd minute of play forced LA Lord Perez's goalkeeper Armin Bondi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 75th minute the ball was on its way in behind LA Lord Perez's goalkeeper Armin Bondi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Andy Somellera took the ball and in the 78 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Armin Bondi. Armin Bondi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. Universitario's Matro Perramon proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Universitario from getting a goal against them. Armin Bondi came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by Universitario's Joachim Arana. But to his dismay, Joachim Arana quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. Matro Perramon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aurelio De Marchi, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. In the 93rd minute, Amos Barone reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Matro Perramon. The goal made the score 4-2. The crowd rose to their feet as LA Lord Perez's Aurelio De Marchi slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Matro Perramon. That made the score 4-3 after 96 minutes of play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Universitario fans cheered their team off the field, for while LA Lord Perez had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.