Friendly League

Joaquin F. A Delgado
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Nikolas Karkamanis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aureliano Socorro in the 3rd minute. 5 minutes into the match, Manuel Lanzini dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Nikolas Karkamanis, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julián Alvarez in the 8th minute of play forced Atletico de Madrid's goalkeeper Nikolas Karkamanis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 13 played minutes Atletico de Madrid got a freekick which was hit by Panos Spyroulis. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Iakovos Papafotopoulos in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gregorio Diagur prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Nikolas Karkamanis made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Aureliano Socorro sent off a good shot on target. 25 minutes into the match, COSQUIN SFC's goal looked a bit too open when Iakovos Papafotopoulos came free, but Gregorio Diagur reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nikolas Karkamanis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julián Alvarez in the 27th minute of the match. COSQUIN SFC were furious when Carmelo Abeita was red carded, 29 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 28 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for COSQUIN SFC! Gregorio Diagur had in the 30thth minute some difficulties stopping Panos Spyroulis's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. After 33 minutes of play, Atletico de Madrid's Thanasis Vamvoukas made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gregorio Diagur was left in no man's land by his defense there! Atletico de Madrid's defense didn't have a chance, in the 36th minute, when Julián Alvarez scored to the left of an out of position Nikolas Karkamanis, making the score, 3-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Julián Alvarez to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Jeronimo Gitano 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. With a little luck, COSQUIN SFC's Gregorio Diagur got control of the ball when Iakovos Papafotopoulos tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nikolas Karkamanis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Julián Alvarez went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score. Jeronimo Gitano's late challenge caught a Atletico de Madrid's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jeronimo Gitano helped the player get up and apologised. In the 63rd minute, Jeronimo Gitano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Atletico de Madrid defense, Julián Alvarez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nikolas Karkamanis. The Atletico de Madrid fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nikolas Karkamanis should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Iakovos Papafotopoulos got free with Gregorio Diagur in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julián Alvarez in the 72nd minute of play forced Atletico de Madrid's goalkeeper Nikolas Karkamanis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd match minute, Atletico de Madrid was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thanasis Vamvoukas to maneuver through the defense. Nikolas Karkamanis came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by COSQUIN SFC's Julián Alvarez. But to his dismay, Julián Alvarez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-1. In the 83rd minute, Jeronimo Gitano 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. In the 85th minute, Julián Alvarez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nikolas Karkamanis was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-1. Atletico de Madrid's Nikolas Karkamanis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jeronimo Gitano in the 89th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 91 minutes, Jeronimo Gitano put it in 9-1 from a short distance just to the right of Nikolas Karkamanis. In the 93rd minute, Aureliano Socorro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.