Friendly League

Ángel Labruna
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Javier Santo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Thanks to some nice moves Jan-Olof Eliasson could shoot a difficult shot in the 4th minute, which Christian Kiliz however easily saved by the left post. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by Altos Gatos FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alessio Scandella was slow to take the kick. During this time La Gallardeta's players had a chance to rest. Enzo Nuñez made a great header on La Gallardeta's corner, it was just that Altos Gatos FC's Christian Kiliz managed to reach the ball for a save. La Gallardeta were awarded a corner in the 6th minute after Altos Gatos FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Alessio Scandella took the corner. The corner ended in Alessio Scandella almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Altos Gatos FC's Christian Kiliz did a great save. In the 9th 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. Javier Santo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Belchior Saldanha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Agustin Villalobos in the 15th minute of the match. In the 16th minute Altos Gatos FC were awarded a corner. Javier Santo went to the cornerflag to take it. It was a well-played corner which Justino Corderun managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Enrique Vidal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 20th minute Javier Santo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Belchior Saldanha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 27 minutes into the match, Javier Santo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Belchior Saldanha. La Gallardeta's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Javier Santo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After 30 minutes of play, La Gallardeta's Jan-Olof Eliasson made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Christian Kiliz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Christian Kiliz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jan-Olof Eliasson in the 39th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fulgencio Gartzi to make the kick off. In the 58th 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 made a substitution. Carolo Abancens replaced Javier Santo. Altos Gatos FC's Everardo Chago was substituted for Casimiro Toli. Belchior Saldanha made an important save on a dangerous shot by Justino Corderun in the 63rd minute. 64 minutes into the match, Fulgencio Gartzi notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Altos Gatos FC's Christian Kiliz. Christian Kiliz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A hard shot 68 in the game by Carolo Abancens from a close distance when the talented Belchior Saldanha managed to make a qualified save. La Gallardeta's players were relieved. Belchior Saldanha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Agustin Villalobos, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. 75 minutes into the match, Altos Gatos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Fulgencio Gartzi came free, but Christian Kiliz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Belchior Saldanha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Justino Corderun in the 77th minute of the match. After 80 played minutes Altos Gatos FC got a freekick which was hit by Enrique Vidal. Fulgencio Gartzi scored 4-1 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Christian Kiliz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 91st minute of the game Haroldo Vidal made a throw-in which Milosz Majczyk played forward. Belchior Saldanha made an important save on a dangerous shot by Carolo Abancens in the 94th minute. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. La Gallardeta had won after a very even match.