Friendly League

Juan Román Riquelme
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gabriel-Omar Batista started the match with the kick off. Maximiliano Iigo made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Celso Cruz sent off a good shot on target. Celso Cruz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Maximiliano Iigo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antonio Arnas in the 21st minute of play forced ★Independiente Ψ★'s goalkeeper Maximiliano Iigo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 24 minutes into the match, Gabriel-Omar Batista notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Urko FC's Sebastián Torrico. Sebastián Torrico was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 28 minutes of play, ★Independiente Ψ★'s Gabriel-Omar Batista made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sebastián Torrico was left in no man's land by his defense there! Filomeno Kauldi hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. 37 minutes into the game, ★Independiente Ψ★'s Gabriel-Omar Batista nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sebastián Torrico made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. 42 minutes in the game Andrew Robertson did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Antonio Arnas. Maximiliano Iigo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antonio Arnas in the 47th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Celso Cruz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Gabriel-Omar Batista fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sebastián Torrico having to interfere. Maximiliano Iigo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antonio Arnas, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. When Urko FC's Celso Cruz in the 72nd minute got a chance for a shot 72nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ★Independiente Ψ★'s goalie prevented a goal. In the 74th minute Antonio Arnas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maximiliano Iigo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sebastián Torrico showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel-Omar Batista, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Taribo Ndukwe in the 79th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by ★Independiente Ψ★'s Gilberto Loreto. A collision led to Urko FC getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Denis Alonso hit a great ball. Arrosko Lechem sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sebastián Torrico showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lei Feng Ying, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Taribo Ndukwe made in the 93rd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Denis Alonso however managed to control. Taribo Ndukwe's late challenge caught a ★Independiente Ψ★'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Taribo Ndukwe helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Urko FC's Taribo Ndukwe got a free kick in the 96th minute. The Urko FC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching ★Independiente Ψ★'s performance. The match ended with a win for ★Independiente Ψ★.