Friendly League

Estádio O Legendário
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alfredo Martins got the match started through his kick off. In the 5th minute, Alfredo Martins made a precise shot to the right of Atahan Balon. Los Muchachos del 86's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Atahan Balon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfredo Martins in the 9th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Alfredo Martins's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Atahan Balon was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Marquês de Herval's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Moussa Kabre in the 11th minute. Atahan Balon stood somewhat misplaced when Alfredo Martins came free in front of goal and shot 2-0 to the left of him in the 12 minute. In the 15th minute, Babbis Boukouvalas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alfredo Martins in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Atahan Balon saved Los Muchachos del 86 from getting behind. Gaston Gonzalez charged in rather forcefully in the 23rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gaston Gonzalez the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 23rd match minute, Marquês de Herval was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gaston Gonzalez to maneuver through the defense. Dida Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Asiz Soon, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. 26 minutes into the match, Los Muchachos del 86's goal looked a bit too open when Alfredo Martins came free, but Atahan Balon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dida Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luka Ljubenković, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Atahan Balon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfredo Martins in the 30th minute of play. In the 33rd play minute Dorian Moraes came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Atahan Balon. 3-0. Dida Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luka Ljubenković in the 36th minute of the match. In the 38th minute, Jérémie Boix ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dida Taffarel was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Dida Taffarel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luka Ljubenković's shot from short distance in the 43rd minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Luka Ljubenković to make the kick off. After having played for 50 minutes, Alfredo Martins managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Marquês de Herval's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alfredo Martins 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 52nd minute Alfredo Martins shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Atahan Balon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marquês de Herval were awarded a corner in the 53th minute after Los Muchachos del 86's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Moussa Kabre took the corner. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfredo Martins in the 55th minute of play forced Los Muchachos del 86's goalkeeper Atahan Balon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Los Muchachos del 86's Atahan Balon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfredo Martins in the 56th minute of play. In the 59th minute Alfredo Martins shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Atahan Balon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 60th minute Alfredo Martins shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Atahan Balon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jérémie Boixs short, quick shot in the 62ndth minute got Dida Taffarel to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. A collision led to Los Muchachos del 86 getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Erubiel Txaran hit a great ball. Dida Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luka Ljubenković in the 65th minute of play. After 65 minutes of play, Los Muchachos del 86's Luka Ljubenković made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dida Taffarel was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Alfredo Martins's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Atahan Balon was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. In the 71st minute Jérémie Boix shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dida Taffarel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers German Cano in the 72nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Atahan Balon saved Los Muchachos del 86 from getting behind. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Luka Ljubenković managed to get in a good position for a shot. Los Muchachos del 86's supporters rose to their feet, but Luka Ljubenković was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dida Taffarel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Los Muchachos del 86's Sander Tielemans was substituted for Beto Márcico. Dida Taffarel made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Efrain Jacob sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Marquês de Herval's Lorenzo Mendebal got a free kick in the 78th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Efrain Jacob got free with Dida Taffarel in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfredo Martins in the 81st minute of play forced Los Muchachos del 86's goalkeeper Atahan Balon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Efrain Jacob got free with Dida Taffarel in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dorian Moraes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Atahan Balon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Atahan Balon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dorian Moraes in the 90th minute of the match. After 91 played minutes Los Muchachos del 86 got a freekick which was hit by Cristian Urtzi. Efrain Jacob could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Dida Taffarel made a huge save.