Friendly League

Juan Román Riquelme
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Celso Cruz started the match with the kick off. In the 6th minute, Tosun Paşa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Vaqueteros FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 10th minute Celso Cruz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Javier Tono saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Tosun Paşa put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Sebastián Torrico. Sebastián Torrico didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tosun Paşa went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Sebastián Torrico came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by Vaqueteros FC's Enzo Fernández. But to his dismay, Enzo Fernández quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. 30 minutes into the match, Antonio Arnas dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Javier Tono, 1-4. 37 minutes into the match, Urko FC's goal looked a bit too open when Tosun Paşa came free, but Sebastián Torrico reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vaqueteros FC's Javier Tono proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Vaqueteros FC from getting a goal against them. Sebastián Torrico showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tosun Paşa, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Antonio Arnas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 42nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Andrew Robertson fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Urko FC's protests and gave Andrew Robertson a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Vaqueteros FC booed when Urko FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andrew Robertson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Disappointed in the 1-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tosun Paşa was the one to do the kick off. Sebastián Torrico made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tosun Paşa in the 59th minute. Javier Tono made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andrew Robertson in the 60th minute of play. Urko FC's Igor Baudelio was substituted for Filomeno Kauldi. Urko FC made a substitution. Arrosko Lechem replaced Antonio Arnas. With an all-out effort, Vaqueteros FC's Sebastián Torrico threw himself towards the right post 65 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Enzo Fernández, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 72 minutes into the match, Denis Alonso notched a goal, 2-4, to the right of Vaqueteros FC's Javier Tono. Javier Tono was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Vaqueteros FC's Angelo Haitz was substituted for Leroy Sane. Vaqueteros FC's Fikret Uluğ was substituted for Tosun Paşa. Vaqueteros FC's Gilberto Fremont was substituted for Cai Wei Xu. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arrosko Lechem in the 78th minute of play forced Vaqueteros FC's goalkeeper Javier Tono to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Javier Tono showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arrosko Lechem in the 80th minute of the match. Javier Tono showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Denis Alonso in the 81st minute of the match. A collision led to Urko FC getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Augusto Aguirre hit a great ball. A collision led to Vaqueteros FC getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Gilberto Fremont hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fikret Uluğ in the 90th minute of play forced Urko FC's goalkeeper Sebastián Torrico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Arrosko Lechem in the 93rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Javier Tono saved Vaqueteros FC from getting behind. If Denis Alonso had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Vaqueteros FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.