Friendly League

Gran Parque Central
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Grabiel Escorcia kicked off to start the match. Feliksas Fenichev made in the 3rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Nacional's Xu Sha. In the 3rd minute, Michael Corleone hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match had gone on for 10 minutes, Grabiel Escorcia took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Fernando Selatse to make any attempt to save it. Juaneizu Merida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alvaro Raymond in the 16th minute of the match. Grabiel Escorcia might have been able to make a better finish in the 17th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fernando Selatse. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Grabiel Escorcia ran back to his position shaking his head. Fernando Selatse showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grabiel Escorcia in the 17th minute of the match. In the 19th minute, Kajetan Gdowik got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Fernando Selatse showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grabiel Escorcia, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. After 33 minutes Nacional's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Emanuel Lucila who took care of the corner kick. Felipe Carballo made in the 38th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Grabiel Escorcia. In the 44th match minute, Nacional was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joseph Gayoso to maneuver through the defense. Nacional's Juaneizu Merida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvaro Raymond in the 45th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Ancho Branca fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Juaneizu Merida having to interfere. Despidida AFC made a substitution. Dinu Ivănescu replaced Ancho Branca. Juaneizu Merida made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emiliano Velasco in the 63rd minute of play. Dinu Ivănescu struck a weak shot in the 69th minute. Juaneizu Merida didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Despidida AFC. Fernando Selatse showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grabiel Escorcia, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Juaneizu Merida took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kees Harmsen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The corner ended in Feliksas Fenichev almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Nacional's Juaneizu Merida did a great save. Fernando Selatse showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grabiel Escorcia in the 79th minute of the match. When Joseph Gayoso came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Nacional 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 Joseph Gayoso couldn't finish the play. Despidida AFC's Fernando Selatse played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joseph Gayoso in the 86th 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 Dinu Ivănescu in the 87th minute of play. Emiliano Velasco could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Juaneizu Merida made a huge save. With a little luck, Nacional's Juaneizu Merida got control of the ball when Emiliano Velasco tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 94th minute Dinu Ivănescu 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. Despidida AFC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Emanuel Lucila in the 95th minute. Despidida AFC's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Nacional had won, even though Despidida AFC had held more of the ball.