Friendly League

Ricardo Bochini
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomas Lore started the match with the kick off. DeportivoIndependienteMDP's defense didn't have a chance, in the 5th minute, when Tomas Lore scored to the left of an out of position Silvano Abel, making the score, 1-0. 9 minutes into the match, Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's goal looked a bit too open when Danilo Ramos came free, but Remigio Colas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mariano Loreto charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mariano Loreto the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Mariano Loreto hit a great ball. 11 minutes into the match, Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's goal looked a bit too open when Dante Ramos came free, but Remigio Colas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Americo Santikurtz during the 12th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's Remigio Colas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Angelo Quinto in the 15th minute of play. Aquilino Rey sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 23 minutes into the game, Ricardo Neto was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave DeportivoIndependienteMDP the free kick. A collision led to Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Ricardo Neto hit a great ball. Danilo Ramos might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Remigio Colas. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Danilo Ramos ran back to his position shaking his head. After 26th play minutes Danilo Ramos shot 1-1, a short shot which went by Remigio Colas and just under the crossbar into goal. DeportivoIndependienteMDP's Silvano Abel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Lore in the 29th minute of play. Remigio Colas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Angelo Quinto in the 32nd minute of play. If Aquilino Rey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Remigio Colas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Danilo Ramos in the 46th minute of the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Danilo Ramos to make the kick off. 56 minutes into the match, Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's goal looked a bit too open when Aquilino Rey came free, but Remigio Colas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 57 played minutes Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ got a freekick which was hit by Ricardo Neto. If Aquilino Rey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's Remigio Colas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aquilino Rey in the 67th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 70th minute, Tomas Lore managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomas Lore was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Silvano Abel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Alfredo Serafo's late challenge caught a DeportivoIndependienteMDP's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alfredo Serafo helped the player get up and apologised. After 72 played minutes Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ got a freekick which was hit by Alfredo Serafo. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aquilino Rey in the 77th minute of play forced Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's goalkeeper Remigio Colas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 80 minutes into the match, DeportivoIndependienteMDP's goal looked a bit too open when Narciso Soter came free, but Silvano Abel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tomas Lore in the 81st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Silvano Abel saved DeportivoIndependienteMDP from getting behind. In the 84th minute Angelo Quinto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Remigio Colas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 87th minute of the game, Igor Beltran landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. 88 minutes into the game, Danilo Ramos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. DeportivoIndependienteMDP's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ the free kick. Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's Wilfredo Rainerio was substituted for Igor Beltran. After 89 played minutes DeportivoIndependienteMDP got a freekick which was hit by Danilo Ramos. Narciso Soter fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Silvano Abel having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tomas Lore in the 92nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Silvano Abel prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind DeportivoIndependienteMDP's goalkeeper Silvano Abel, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Tomas Lore's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Silvano Abel was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. DeportivoIndependienteMDP's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.