Friendly League

Canelones
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Alfredo Esposito made the kick off and thus started the match. The audience was convinced that Hélder de Lara's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Damian Ştiopul was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Damian Ştiopul made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hélder de Lara in the 9th minute of play. SSC Special Eleven's Damian Ştiopul proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save SSC Special Eleven from getting a goal against them. Christodoulos Karabogias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfonso Mauro in the 17th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfredo Esposito in the 18th minute of play forced Nubecitas FC's goalkeeper Christodoulos Karabogias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by SSC Special Eleven's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lu Yang Nan was slow to take the kick. During this time Nubecitas FC's players had a chance to rest. Nubecitas FC's Federico Di Muzio was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Damian Ştiopul in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Txomin De la Rosa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Nubecitas FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Txomin De la Rosa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Damian Ştiopul breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. SSC Special Eleven's Damian Ştiopul played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hélder de Lara in the 28th minute of play. Damian Ştiopul showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hélder de Lara in the 31st minute of the match. SSC Special Eleven's Damian Ştiopul played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hélder de Lara in the 33rd minute of play. Damian Ştiopul came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by Nubecitas FC's Hélder de Lara. But to his dismay, Hélder de Lara quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. The supporters of SSC Special Eleven booed when Nubecitas FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sunday Morelos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hélder de Lara sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Bruno Andreoli hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Damian Ştiopul showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hélder de Lara, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Christodoulos Karabogias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfonso Mauro in the 44th minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hélder de Lara stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Damian Ştiopul showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hélder de Lara, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. A collision led to SSC Special Eleven getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Stasys Būlis hit a great ball. Alfredo Esposito sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 65th match minute, Nubecitas FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Txomin De la Rosa to maneuver through the defense. After 71 played minutes Nubecitas FC got a freekick which was hit by Sunday Morelos. Nubecitas FC's Jordi Ferrari was substituted for Hélder de Lara. When Alfredo Esposito came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the SSC Special Eleven 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 Alfredo Esposito couldn't finish the play. In the 74th match minute, SSC Special Eleven was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bruno Andreoli to maneuver through the defense. Damian Ştiopul took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jordi Ferrari, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Damian Ştiopul took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jordi Ferrari, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 92 minutes, Jordi Ferrari managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nubecitas FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jordi Ferrari was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. SSC Special Eleven's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.