Friendly League

Jorge Guinzburg
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) La Gallardeta's Fulgencio Gartzi 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. The audience was convinced that Fulgencio Gartzi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Christian Kiliz was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. La Gallardeta's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Alessio Scandella in the 5th minute. 6 minutes into the match, Altos Gatos FC's Javier Santo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Belchior Saldanha narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 16th minute, Javier Santo made a precise shot to the right of Belchior Saldanha. La Gallardeta's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. In the 20th minute the ball was on its way in behind La Gallardeta's goalkeeper Belchior Saldanha, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Altos Gatos FC's Christian Kiliz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fulgencio Gartzi in the 22nd minute of play. Belchior Saldanha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Javier Santo, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 28th minute, Javier Santo made a precise shot to the right of Belchior Saldanha. La Gallardeta's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. In the 36th match minute, La Gallardeta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enzo Nuñez to maneuver through the defense. 37 minutes into the match, Altos Gatos FC's Javier Santo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Belchior Saldanha narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 39th minute, Javier Santo made a precise shot to the right of Belchior Saldanha. La Gallardeta's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. After some careless play in the La Gallardeta defense, Javier Santo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Belchior Saldanha. The La Gallardeta fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Belchior Saldanha should have stopped the shot. After 46 minutes of play, Altos Gatos FC's Javier Santo made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Belchior Saldanha was left in no man's land by his defense there! All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Javier Santo to strike the kick off in the second half. Belchior Saldanha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Javier Santo in the 51st minute of the match. Christian Kiliz made a fantastic save in the 56th minute, when Jan-Olof Eliasson sent off a good shot on target. Jan-Olof Eliasson's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Christian Kiliz firmly grabbed it by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agustin Villalobos in the 68th minute of play forced La Gallardeta's goalkeeper Belchior Saldanha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Belchior Saldanha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Justino Corderun, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. In the 78th match minute, La Gallardeta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jan-Olof Eliasson to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agustin Villalobos in the 81st minute of play forced La Gallardeta's goalkeeper Belchior Saldanha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Christian Kiliz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jan-Olof Eliasson in the 85th minute. The supporters of La Gallardeta booed when Altos Gatos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daniel Garnero didn't get a good kick on the ball. 90 minutes into the match, La Gallardeta's goal looked a bit too open when Agustin Villalobos came free, but Belchior Saldanha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 92nd match minute, Altos Gatos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Óscar Ruggieri to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 93 minutes, Alessio Scandella managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La Gallardeta's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alessio Scandella was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.