Friendly League

Centenario Chaco
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Rodolfo Guerau got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Sarmiento de Resistencia's Rodolfo Guerau sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Yao Guang Chao narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to Yaji FC getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Orlando Lixandro hit a great ball. When Bogumil Spychalski came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Sarmiento de Resistencia 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 Bogumil Spychalski couldn't finish the play. After 20 minutes, Erasmo Blasi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Yaji FC and the Sarmiento de Resistencia players grew even worse after the yellow card. Tobias Elizardo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Erasmo Blasi went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Yaji FC's goalie and right to Jaime Ellande. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Yaji FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Yaji FC's Pascual Pes quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Jaime Ellande, made in the 33rd minute of the game. 36 minutes into the match, Yaji FC's goal looked a bit too open when Rodolfo Guerau came free, but Yao Guang Chao reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind Yaji FC's goalkeeper Yao Guang Chao, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The supporters of Yaji FC booed when Sarmiento de Resistencia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rodolfo Guerau didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tobias Elizardo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kryspin Ziemba, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 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.

Tobias Elizardo had great luck who in the 56thth minute grab hold of the ball when Erasmo Blasi from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Yaji FC were awarded a corner in the 57th minute after Sarmiento de Resistencia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Kryspin Ziemba took the corner. The corner led Yaji FC's Kryspin Ziemba to fire away a dangerous shot which Tobias Elizardo despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Sarmiento de Resistencia's defense didn't have a chance, in the 61st minute, when Erasmo Blasi scored to the left of an out of position Tobias Elizardo, making the score, 0-3. If Erasmo Blasi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Tobias Elizardo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erasmo Blasi in the 70th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Erasmo Blasi in the 72nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tobias Elizardo saved Sarmiento de Resistencia from getting behind. In the 74th minute Rodolfo Guerau shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yao Guang Chao saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 76th minute, Yaji FC's Erasmo Blasi dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-4. Tobias Elizardo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Danilo Christobal in the 80th minute. Erasmo Blasi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 82 minutes into the match, Sarmiento de Resistencia's goal looked a bit too open when Erasmo Blasi came free, but Tobias Elizardo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Sarmiento de Resistencia's Jaime Ellande got a free kick in the 87th minute. 94 minutes into the match, Sarmiento de Resistencia's goal looked a bit too open when Erasmo Blasi came free, but Tobias Elizardo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Salvador Oxarra received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Tobias Elizardo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.