Friendly League

Ciudad de Luna
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, 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. Jonatán Escalona started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Pucarani's Miren Véjar got a free kick in the 3rd minute. A collision led to Pucarani getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Elazar Balbontín hit a great ball. In the 6th minute, Elazar Balbontín hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Barlas Talik could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Ruperto Bettini made a huge save. 15 minutes into the game, Jonatán Escalona cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Quinton Alcantara was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 20th match minute, Frankfurt 1976 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Policarpio Vila to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonatán Escalona in the 22nd minute of play forced Frankfurt 1976's goalkeeper Quinton Alcantara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 23 minutes, Jonatán Escalona managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pucarani's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jonatán Escalona was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 26th match minute, Frankfurt 1976 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Policarpio Vila to maneuver through the defense. In the 27th minute Jonatán Escalona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Quinton Alcantara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Quinton Alcantara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jose Warnes in the 35th minute of the match. Ronald Vordenbäumen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ruperto Bettini having to interfere. With 41 minutes on the clock, Yader Cabanela commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 40 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Frankfurt 1976! Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

In the 53rd minute, Policarpio Vila hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jose Warnes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Quinton Alcantara made a huge save. 60 minutes into the match, Pucarani's goal looked a bit too open when Ronald Vordenbäumen came free, but Ruperto Bettini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Jonatán Escalona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ruperto Bettini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ernesto Leon, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. After 72 played minutes Pucarani got a freekick which was hit by Miren Véjar. Ruperto Bettini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ronald Vordenbäumen, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Ruperto Bettini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronald Vordenbäumen in the 75th minute of the match. Frankfurt 1976 made a substitution. Aloisio Solo replaced Ernesto Leon. After 81 played minutes Pucarani got a freekick which was hit by Elazar Balbontín. When Jonatán Escalona came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the Pucarani 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 Jonatán Escalona couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Pucarani getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Miren Véjar hit a great ball. With an all-out effort, Pucarani's Quinton Alcantara threw himself towards the right post 98 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jonatán Escalona, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The Pucarani players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.