Friendly League

Gran Parque Central
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gerardo Hitz got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Grabiel Escorcia had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Karl-Johan Ahlqvist. Black Rose 1979's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Grabiel Escorcia was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Nacional's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Xu Sha in the 8th minute. After taking down the ball on Nacional's corner Grabiel Escorcia fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Karl-Johan Ahlqvist quite easily take care of the ball. When the match had gone on for 9 minutes, Grabiel Escorcia put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Karl-Johan Ahlqvist. Black Rose 1979's Karl-Johan Ahlqvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grabiel Escorcia in the 15th minute of play. In the 15th minute Grabiel Escorcia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karl-Johan Ahlqvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Black Rose 1979's Waldemar Matorin in the 17th minute got a chance for a shot 17th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Nacional's goalie prevented a goal. After 18 minutes Nacional's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sebastian Enekoitz who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Enzo-Nicolás Pérez managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Grabiel Escorcia blasted a shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Karl-Johan Ahlqvist having to make a save. Karl-Johan Ahlqvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grabiel Escorcia in the 23rd minute of the match. Juaneizu Merida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Davor Šuker in the 25th minute of the match. Juaneizu Merida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Davor Šuker, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Juaneizu Merida made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerardo Hitz in the 41st minute of play. Black Rose 1979's Karl-Johan Ahlqvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grabiel Escorcia in the 44th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

51 minutes in the game Joel Venceslao did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Enzo-Nicolás Pérez. Nacional's Juaneizu Merida proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Nacional from getting a goal against them. Grabiel Escorcia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Karl-Johan Ahlqvist didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Grabiel Escorcia went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Nacional made a substitution. Walme Yurre replaced Mendiko Bueres. 73 minutes into the match, Black Rose 1979's goal looked a bit too open when Xu Sha came free, but Karl-Johan Ahlqvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With an all-out effort, Black Rose 1979's Juaneizu Merida threw himself towards the right post 77 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Davor Šuker, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Karl-Johan Ahlqvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Grabiel Escorcia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Nacional's Grabiel Escorcia in the 81st minute got a chance for a shot 81st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Black Rose 1979's goalie prevented a goal. In the 85th minute Davor Šuker 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. Joel Venceslao got a throw-in 88 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Davor Šuker. Karl-Johan Ahlqvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Grabiel Escorcia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nacional's Grabiel Escorcia got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. For all the effort they put into the match, the Black Rose 1979 players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Nacional.