Friendly League

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Nacional's Grabiel Escorcia started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Nacional's Juaneizu Merida proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Nacional from getting a goal against them. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grabiel Escorcia in the 5th minute of the match. Luciano Inverso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Roberto Eztebe tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Wojciech Fiszer kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grabiel Escorcia in the 19th minute of play. Wojciech Fiszer kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dawid Beckham in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Juaneizu Merida saved Nacional from getting behind. When Nacional's Grabiel Escorcia in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AFC FUSION's goalie prevented a goal. Roberto Eztebe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grabiel Escorcia in the 28th minute of play. In the 28th minute, Grabiel Escorcia made a precise shot to the right of Roberto Eztebe. AFC FUSION's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Wojciech Fiszer made in the 30th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Nacional's Camilo Candido. After 32 minutes of play, AFC FUSION's Lino Rios made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Juaneizu Merida was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, Nacional's Juaneizu Merida got control of the ball when Lino Rios tried to sneak it across the goal line. Juaneizu Merida stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lino Rios's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. 41 minutes into the match, Dawid Beckham notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Nacional's Juaneizu Merida. Juaneizu Merida was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Joseph Gayoso hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lino Rios stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Nacional's Juaneizu Merida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lino Rios in the 53rd minute of play. Nacional's Juaneizu Merida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lino Rios in the 56th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grabiel Escorcia in the 65th minute of play forced AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lino Rios took the ball and in the 67 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Juaneizu Merida. Juaneizu Merida dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. Nacional's Damiano Fioravanti was substituted for Mendiko Bueres. In the 72ndth minute of the game Lino Rios who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Nacional's Juaneizu Merida was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Nacional made a substitution. Ranolfo Piedrahita replaced Luciano Inverso. The supporters of AFC FUSION booed when Nacional was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joseph Gayoso didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Grabiel Escorcia's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roberto Eztebe was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. Nacional's Juaneizu Merida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aureliano Karlo in the 85th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Aureliano Karlo in the 90th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Juaneizu Merida prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 91st minute Aureliano Karlo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juaneizu Merida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roberto Eztebe made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Ranolfo Piedrahita sent off a good shot on target. In the 94th minute, Ranolfo Piedrahita reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Roberto Eztebe. The goal made the score 4-2. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The AFC FUSION fans cheered their team off the field, for while Nacional had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.