Friendly League

Ricardo E. Bochini
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Higinio Barros made the kick off which started today's match. Pepe Santoro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tod Monkman, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. After a rather tough play, Colchester United's Gerónimo Villavicencio got a free kick in the 17th minute. Colchester United's Natalio Arnas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Colchester United from getting a goal against them. After having played for 20 minutes, Higinio Barros managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's supporters crossed their fingers, but Higinio Barros was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's Ermegildo Neron got a free kick in the 22nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tod Monkman in the 24th minute of play forced INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's goalkeeper Pepe Santoro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Colchester United getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Silvester Humphreys hit a great ball. Pepe Santoro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonny Bancroft in the 27th minute of the match. 29 minutes into the game, INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's Arsenio Erico nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Natalio Arnas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Pepe Santoro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonny Bancroft in the 32nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jerry Gamble in the 33rd minute of play forced INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's goalkeeper Pepe Santoro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Narciso Vergaray got free with Natalio Arnas in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 36th minute Tod Monkman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pepe Santoro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abayhan Erengüç received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Pepe Santoro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's zone, Jonny Bancroft stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pepe Santoro came out of the goal and Jonny Bancroft tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB booed when Colchester United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tod Monkman didn't get a good kick on the ball.

INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's Candido Mincho was substituted for Fabio Victoro. In the 56th minute, Colchester United's Jonny Bancroft ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Pepe Santoro. Pepe Santoro yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tod Monkman got free with Pepe Santoro in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Jonny Bancroft fell near the penalty area in the 62nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Colchester United's protests and gave Jonny Bancroft a yellow card for diving instead. Pepe Santoro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonny Bancroft, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Candido Mincho hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's Arsenio Erico got a free kick in the 70th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonny Bancroft in the 71st minute of play forced INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's goalkeeper Pepe Santoro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Narciso Vergaray in the 75th minute of play forced Colchester United's goalkeeper Natalio Arnas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 80 minutes into the match, INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's goalkeeper Pepe Santoro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tod Monkman. When the match had gone on for 82 minutes, Tod Monkman took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Pepe Santoro to make any attempt to save it. 94 minutes into the match, INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's goal looked a bit too open when Tod Monkman came free, but Pepe Santoro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 94th minute, Venancio Odol hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 95th minute, Colchester United's Jonny Bancroft ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Pepe Santoro. Pepe Santoro yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-4.