Friendly League

Senra Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gustavo Xandri made the kick off which started today's match. Júlio Sampaio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gustavo Xandri's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. In the 8th minute, Pilar FC's Albérico Jordão dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. The audience was convinced that Gustavo Xandri's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Júlio Sampaio was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. A collision led to Pilar FC getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Daniel Quintela hit a great ball. Sebastião Rebelo made in the 15th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by CórdovaFC's Unai Val. After having played for 16 minutes, Xurdin Villasinda managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CórdovaFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Xurdin Villasinda was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Gustavo Xandri managed to get in a good position for a shot. CórdovaFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Gustavo Xandri was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Júlio Sampaio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 26th minute Rui Horta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manuel Bonjoch saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A nice corner shot did that Sebastião Rebelo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Manuel Bonjoch quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Rui Horta's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 29thth minute, Manuel Bonjoch skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 32 minutes into the match, Gustavo Xandri notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Pilar FC's Júlio Sampaio. Júlio Sampaio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Xurdin Villasinda sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 48 minutes, Gustavo Xandri put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Júlio Sampaio. After the first half CórdovaFC were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Rui Horta made a kick off. With a little luck, Pilar FC's Júlio Sampaio got control of the ball when Gustavo Xandri tried to sneak it across the goal line. Júlio Sampaio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gustavo Xandri went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. In the 78th minute of the match, Flavio Comillas tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Júlio Sampaio saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 79th minute of the match CórdovaFC got a corner. Pilar FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gustavo Xandri ran over to the corner to take the kick. Albérico Jordão received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Manuel Bonjoch tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 87th minute Rui Horta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manuel Bonjoch saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 89th minute Albérico Jordão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manuel Bonjoch saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albérico Jordão in the 92nd minute of play forced CórdovaFC's goalkeeper Manuel Bonjoch to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95th minute, Albérico Jordão made a precise shot to the right of Manuel Bonjoch. CórdovaFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-4. When Mario Tarriba fell near the penalty area in the 98th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored CórdovaFC's protests and gave Mario Tarriba a yellow card for diving instead. In the 98th minute, Mario Tarriba hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. CórdovaFC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.