Friendly League

Manuel Ursua
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Rene Houseman got the match started through his kick off. Ubaldo Matildo Fillol took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulo Bartolome, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Academia Club's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Ignacio Scocco 8 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. After a rather tough play, River CBBA's Alejandro Montenegro got a free kick in the 11th minute. After a rather tough play, Academia Club's Leo Delfino got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 16th minute, Rene Houseman 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. If Leo Delfino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Remigio Jerano hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. The supporters of River CBBA booed when Academia Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Camilo Blasco didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ignacio Scocco who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 25thth minute tested the skills of Hernan Ellande when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 26th match minute, Academia Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristian Gaur to maneuver through the defense. Rene Houseman in the 27thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Hernan Ellande, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Leo Delfino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ubaldo Matildo Fillol having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Academia Club's Cristian Gaur got a free kick in the 40th minute. A collision led to River CBBA getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Tobias Abarca hit a great ball. When Leo Delfino came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Academia Club fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Leo Delfino couldn't finish the play. When Venancio Che fell near the penalty area in the 47th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored River CBBA's protests and gave Venancio Che a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, River CBBA's Venancio Che got a free kick in the 47th 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 1-0.

The wind increased when Remigio Jerano made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Academia Club's Dionisio Dolfo got a free kick in the 56th minute. A collision led to River CBBA getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Alejandro Montenegro hit a great ball. Hernan Ellande showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ignacio Scocco, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. A collision led to Academia Club getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Paulo Bartolome hit a great ball. Hernan Ellande showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ignacio Scocco, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. After some careless play in the Academia Club defense, Ignacio Scocco kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hernan Ellande. The Academia Club fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hernan Ellande should have stopped the shot. Hernan Ellande made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tobias Abarca in the 83rd minute of play. Hernan Ellande showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tobias Abarca, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. 87 minutes into the match, Academia Club's goal looked a bit too open when Rene Houseman came free, but Hernan Ellande reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Rene Houseman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. River CBBA's Jonatán Maidana was substituted for Fabian Ayala. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tobias Abarca in the 91st minute of play forced Academia Club's goalkeeper Hernan Ellande to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 94 played minutes Academia Club got a freekick which was hit by Angel Urtsin. In the 96th minute, Ignacio Scocco ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hernan Ellande was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. River CBBA's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.