Friendly League

El Ballenero
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rigoberto Argider started the match with the kick off. Santiago Nataniel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rigoberto Argider in the 6th minute of play. In the 14th match minute, Talleres de Escalada was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rigoberto Argider to maneuver through the defense. Santiago Nataniel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rigoberto Argider, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 22ndth minute of the game Rigoberto Argider who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Brown Puerto Madryn's Santiago Nataniel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rigoberto Argider in the 24th minute of play forced Brown Puerto Madryn's goalkeeper Santiago Nataniel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by Brown Puerto Madryn's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Thibault Moon was slow to take the kick. During this time Talleres de Escalada's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Thibault Moon got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Santiago Nataniel quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 30th minute, Rigoberto Argider ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Santiago Nataniel was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After 36 minutes of play, Brown Puerto Madryn's Taaniel Hill made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Serafin Bernal was left in no man's land by his defense there! The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Taaniel Hill stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jonny Saran's late challenge caught a Brown Puerto Madryn's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jonny Saran helped the player get up and apologised. Brown Puerto Madryn made a substitution. Rodrigo De Paul replaced Pál Dömötör. Jonny Saran hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. After 61 played minutes Brown Puerto Madryn got a freekick which was hit by Abuzer Uzman. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rigoberto Argider in the 65th minute of play forced Brown Puerto Madryn's goalkeeper Santiago Nataniel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Talleres de Escalada's Serafin Bernal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Taaniel Hill in the 76th minute of play. Rigoberto Argider's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Santiago Nataniel read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 80th minute of play. Talleres de Escalada's Serafin Bernal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gerd Treial in the 83rd minute of play. Brown Puerto Madryn's Billy Drake was substituted for Taaniel Hill. Brown Puerto Madryn's Ladislao Salvidor was substituted for Gerd Treial. Jonny Saran made in the 89th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Brown Puerto Madryn's Abuzer Uzman. In the 91st minute Ladislao Salvidor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Serafin Bernal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 93 minutes into the game, Brown Puerto Madryn's Billy Drake nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Serafin Bernal made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1.