Friendly League

El COSMICO
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Eloy Dubardo made the kick off and thus started the match. Chico Valadares might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jesus Llope. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Chico Valadares ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chico Valadares in the 3rd minute of play forced ⚽TONY FC⚽'s goalkeeper Jesus Llope to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 5th minute Eloy Dubardo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matias Taffarel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Matias Taffarel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eloy Dubardo's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. Jesus Llope showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pastor Pio, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. In the 11th minute . SC Manhattan . were awarded a corner. Pastor Pio went to the cornerflag to take it. Matias Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eloy Dubardo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chico Valadares in the 14th minute of play forced ⚽TONY FC⚽'s goalkeeper Jesus Llope to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th minute Chico Valadares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jesus Llope saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jesus Llope showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chico Valadares, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. In the 20th match minute, . SC Manhattan . was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Van Dijk to maneuver through the defense. After 20 played minutes, ⚽TONY FC⚽'s Justino Abaurre shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Matias Taffarel came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ⚽TONY FC⚽ reached it. In the 21st match minute, . SC Manhattan . was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Van Dijk to maneuver through the defense. Matias Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eloy Dubardo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Chico Valadares's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jesus Llope was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. A collision led to . SC Manhattan . getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Pastor Pio hit a great ball. A collision led to ⚽TONY FC⚽ getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Damian Jaizki hit a great ball. In the 34th minute the ball was on its way in behind ⚽TONY FC⚽'s goalkeeper Jesus Llope, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jesus Llope made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pastor Pio in the 38th minute of play. . SC Manhattan .'s Matias Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcin Najman in the 42nd minute of play. Jesus Llope showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chico Valadares, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. In the 45th minute, Damian Jaizki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The ⚽TONY FC⚽ players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. . SC Manhattan . were winning 0-1.

⚽TONY FC⚽'s Jesus Llope played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pastor Pio in the 55th minute of play. Jesus Llope was out of position in the 56 minute of play, and Pastor Pio capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Pastor Pio really showed his touch with that goal: 0-2. 59 minutes into the match, ⚽TONY FC⚽'s goal looked a bit too open when Pastor Pio came free, but Jesus Llope reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 63rd minute Justino Abaurre shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matias Taffarel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. . SC Manhattan .'s Matias Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Justino Abaurre in the 65th minute of play. In the 74th minute Justino Abaurre shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matias Taffarel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 77 minutes . SC Manhattan .'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Eloy Dubardo who took care of the corner kick. Marcin Najman got in the 81st a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Matias Taffarel handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. Chico Valadares who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 84thth minute tested the skills of Jesus Llope when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Matias Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gábor Rákosi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 89th match minute, ⚽TONY FC⚽ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcin Najman to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gábor Rákosi in the 91st minute of play forced . SC Manhattan .'s goalkeeper Matias Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 92 minutes of play, . SC Manhattan .'s Chico Valadares made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jesus Llope was left in no man's land by his defense there! The . SC Manhattan . players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.