Friendly League

Estadio Granville
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, 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. Marco Van Der Taelen started the match with the kick off. Epifanio Beila made an important save on a dangerous shot by Chi-Chi Branca in the 7th minute. Wilfredo Gilabert hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. In the 11th minute Marco Van Der Taelen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andrea Cellucci saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 16th minute, Reynaldo Txurio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 17th minute, Rene Barea got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Chi-Chi Branca fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Epifanio Beila having to interfere. Epifanio Beila didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Chi-Chi Branca went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alvaro Tercero during the 23rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 23rd match minute, San Ciro Utd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alvaro Tercero to maneuver through the defense. Chi-Chi Branca blasted a shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Epifanio Beila having to make a save. The crowd rose to their feet as Granville's Chi-Chi Branca slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Epifanio Beila. That made the score 2-0 after 32 minutes of play. In the 35th minute the ball was on its way in behind San Ciro Utd's goalkeeper Epifanio Beila, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Epifanio Beila didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 35th minute, which inside left pole to 3-0. A sloppy throw-in by Monte De Toro in the 39th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Granville's Serafino Urko. 44 minutes into the game, Reynaldo Txurio threw the ball into play from the sideline. Granville's Desiderio Ugutz quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

Granville made a substitution. Julio Cruz replaced Justino Frichoso. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mauro Elazar was the one to do the kick off. With 53 minutes on the clock, Alvaro Tercero commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 52 minutes into the game, one of San Ciro Utd:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 56th minute, Serafino Urko left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Granville fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Epifanio Beila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauro Elazar in the 73rd minute of the match. In the 77th match minute, Granville was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mauro Elazar to maneuver through the defense. In the 79th minute, Marco Van Der Taelen got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Epifanio Beila didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mauro Elazar went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score. Epifanio Beila showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mauro Elazar, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. In the 90th minute Rene Barea shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Epifanio Beila saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Epifanio Beila showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rene Barea, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Serafino Urko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 98th minute. Epifanio Beila tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Granville fully deserved thier win.