Friendly League

Rey de Copas
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. Miguel Ángel Benito started the match with the kick off. Wang Di Yi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Andres Lastur read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 7th minute of play. Isidro Larra hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. In the 13th minute, Miguel Ángel Benito 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. The supporters of GERLIROJO Ψ booed when Cascadia United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rene Pueblo didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the Cascadia United defense, Martin Jax kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Leonel Rocco. The Cascadia United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Leonel Rocco should have stopped the shot. The throw-in from Isidro Larra in the 39th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Cascadia United's Baltasar Piorno. 44 minutes into the match, Cascadia United's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Jax came free, but Leonel Rocco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wang Di Yi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Andres Lastur tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cascadia United made a substitution. Constantino Neto replaced Abel Neron. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Martin Jax to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of GERLIROJO Ψ booed when Cascadia United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Miguel Ángel Benito didn't get a good kick on the ball. Andres Lastur showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wang Di Yi in the 64th minute of the match. Leonel Rocco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Jax in the 65th minute of play. In the 71st minute, Elvio Ferrer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Elvio Ferrer kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. After 74 minutes GERLIROJO Ψ's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Rene Pueblo who took care of the corner kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Epifanio Ibañez in the 75th minute of play forced Cascadia United's goalkeeper Leonel Rocco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 76 played minutes Cascadia United got a freekick which was hit by Justino Sansone. Leonel Rocco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Epifanio Ibañez in the 78th minute of play. 78 minutes into the match, Epifanio Ibañez notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Cascadia United's Leonel Rocco. Leonel Rocco was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 81 minutes, Epifanio Ibañez made it 4-0 with a short kick to the right side. Cascadia United's Leonel Rocco tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Miguel Ángel Benito took a quick shot and it went in 4-1 without a chance for Andres Lastur to make any attempt to save it. Epifanio Ibañez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leonel Rocco having to interfere. Leonel Rocco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Epifanio Ibañez in the 93rd minute of play. Agustin Bittor could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 96th minute of the match, but Andres Lastur made a huge save. After 98 minutes GERLIROJO Ψ's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Rene Pueblo who took care of the corner kick. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. GERLIROJO Ψ had won after a very even match.