Friendly League

ELLAND ROAD
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. Christian Najarro started the match with the kick off. If Adolfo Blanco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Najarro in the 6th minute of play forced Kaplan's goalkeeper Emilian Martinez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mattin Solbeida in the 11th minute of play forced Kaplan's goalkeeper Emilian Martinez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emilian Martinez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christian Najarro in the 14th minute of play. In the 15th minute, Ren Zhi Ke hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 16 minutes into the game, Christian Najarro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Emilian Martinez was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A hard shot 21 in the game by Luciano Victoro from a close distance when the talented Rodolfo Anaya managed to make a qualified save. Tacheros OFF's players were relieved. After 24 played minutes Kaplan got a freekick which was hit by Damião Granja. Rodolfo Anaya made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Luciano Victoro sent off a good shot on target. In the 33rdth minute of the game Luciano Victoro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tacheros OFF's Rodolfo Anaya was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With his leg Rodolfo Anaya managed to avoid a goal in the 33rdth minute, when Kaplan's Luciano Victoro fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Emilian Martinez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mattin Solbeida in the 37th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Tacheros OFF defense, Ren Zhi Ke kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rodolfo Anaya. The Tacheros OFF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rodolfo Anaya should have stopped the shot. Rodolfo Anaya made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ren Zhi Ke in the 45th minute. Rodolfo Anaya took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damião Granja, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luciano Victoro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 50th minute, Adolfo Blanco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With an all-out effort, Tacheros OFF's Emilian Martinez threw himself towards the right post 54 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Mattin Solbeida, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Rolando Guilabertus kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. In the 57th match minute, Tacheros OFF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rolando Guilabertus to maneuver through the defense. Rodolfo Anaya showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luciano Victoro in the 59th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Luciano Victoro in the 62nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rodolfo Anaya prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 62nd minute Damião Granja shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodolfo Anaya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tacheros OFF's Matias Iztal got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jose Sein hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Rodolfo Anaya showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ren Zhi Ke in the 69th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Tacheros OFF defense, Ren Zhi Ke kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rodolfo Anaya. The Tacheros OFF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rodolfo Anaya should have stopped the shot. Rodolfo Anaya stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luciano Victoro's shot from short distance in the 75th minute. Rodolfo Anaya stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luciano Victoro's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. Kaplan's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dércio Leitão in the 78th minute. The corner led Kaplan's Dércio Leitão to fire away a dangerous shot which Rodolfo Anaya despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Baptiste Després hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Luciano Victoro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rodolfo Anaya was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. Emilian Martinez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Christian Najarro in the 85th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adolfo Blanco in the 86th minute of play forced Kaplan's goalkeeper Emilian Martinez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Luciano Victoro in the 90th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rodolfo Anaya saved Tacheros OFF from getting behind. The Kaplan fans' excitement grew in the 90th match minute when Kaplan's Luciano Victoro looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. When the match clock showed 95 minutes, the score became 4-1 when Luciano Victoro sped through Tacheros OFF's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Rodolfo Anaya. Kaplan were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Tacheros OFF for a fine match.