Friendly League

New York Arena
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) After 4 minutes, Checa Gandia mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sporting Burgas and the . SC Manhattan . players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Sporting Burgas's Checa Gandia got a free kick in the 4th minute. When the match had gone on for 5 minutes, Chico Valadares took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Álvaro Perpiñán to make any attempt to save it. Chico Valadares could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Álvaro Perpiñán made a huge save. Chico Valadares blasted a shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Álvaro Perpiñán having to make a save. Sporting Burgas's Álvaro Perpiñán proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Sporting Burgas from getting a goal against them. If Chico Valadares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 12th minute of the match, Chico Valadares got a very nice opportunity to score, but Álvaro Perpiñán was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Álvaro Perpiñán made an important save on a dangerous shot by Chico Valadares in the 15th minute. Chico Valadares came free with the goalkeeper in the 17th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Álvaro Perpiñán could save by the left post. Álvaro Perpiñán showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pastor Pio in the 19th minute of the match. In the 23rd minute of the match, Pastor Pio tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Álvaro Perpiñán saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Chico Valadares could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Álvaro Perpiñán made a huge save. In the 33rdth minute of the game Galo Campos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but . SC Manhattan .'s Matias Taffarel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Álvaro Perpiñán made an important save on a dangerous shot by Chico Valadares in the 35th minute. 37 minutes into the match, . SC Manhattan .'s Chico Valadares sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Álvaro Perpiñán narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 39 minutes into the match, Sporting Burgas's goalkeeper Álvaro Perpiñán had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Chico Valadares. After 43 minutes of play Sporting Burgas's Checa Gandia was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. The supporters of . SC Manhattan . booed when Sporting Burgas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Checa Gandia didn't get a good kick on the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Álvaro Perpiñán made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chico Valadares in the 51st minute of play. Chico Valadares struck a weak shot in the 53rd minute. Álvaro Perpiñán didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for . SC Manhattan .. Álvaro Perpiñán 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 55th minute. Álvaro Perpiñán showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chico Valadares in the 58th minute of the match. A collision led to Sporting Burgas getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Maurin Canturri hit a great ball. Álvaro Perpiñán made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chico Valadares in the 63rd minute of play. In the 63rd minute, Chico Valadares made a precise shot to the right of Álvaro Perpiñán. Sporting Burgas's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. In the 70th minute, Maurin Canturri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, . SC Manhattan .'s Frank de Boer got a free kick in the 72nd minute. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind . SC Manhattan .'s goalkeeper Matias Taffarel, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 75th minute Pastor Pio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Álvaro Perpiñán saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Matias Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Telo Nunez in the 77th minute of the match. In the 78th match minute, Sporting Burgas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paquito Garay to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 79 minutes, Chico Valadares managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. . SC Manhattan .'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Chico Valadares was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Álvaro Perpiñán showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chico Valadares in the 82nd minute of the match. After 91 minutes, Pero Igual mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sporting Burgas and the . SC Manhattan . players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of . SC Manhattan . booed when Sporting Burgas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pero Igual didn't get a good kick on the ball. . SC Manhattan . walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.