Friendly League

Juan Román Riquelme
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Celso Cruz started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Mauro Iruinea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antonio Arnas in the 5th minute of the match. Sebastián Torrico made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gonzalo Montiel in the 7th minute of play. Mauro Iruinea stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Celso Cruz's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. In the 9th minute, Celso Cruz made a precise shot to the right of Mauro Iruinea. DirectorVisual.com's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. 12 minutes in the game, Antonio Arnas fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Mauro Iruinea having to interfere. Mauro Iruinea 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 14th minute. In the 18th minute Urko FC were awarded a corner. Filomeno Kauldi went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Urko FC's corner Filomeno Kauldi fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Mauro Iruinea quite easily take care of the ball. Federico Urtats received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Sebastián Torrico tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. DirectorVisual.com's Mauro Iruinea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Celso Cruz in the 21st minute of play. In the 28th minute of the match Urko FC got a corner. DirectorVisual.com's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Filomeno Kauldi ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of DirectorVisual.com's goalie and right to Taribo Ndukwe. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. DirectorVisual.com's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Urko FC's Sebastián Torrico played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Federico Urtats in the 34th minute of play. After taking down the ball on Urko FC's corner Filomeno Kauldi fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Mauro Iruinea quite easily take care of the ball. Matías Kranevitter took the ball and in the 39 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sebastián Torrico. Sebastián Torrico dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Celso Cruz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Mauro Iruinea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Leopoldo Luque to strike the kick off in the second half. Mauro Iruinea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Celso Cruz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 53rd minute Teofilo Etxatxu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastián Torrico saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mauro Iruinea took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Celso Cruz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 60 minutes into the match, Urko FC's Filomeno Kauldi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mauro Iruinea narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 63 minutes into the match, DirectorVisual.com's goal looked a bit too open when Antonio Arnas came free, but Mauro Iruinea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sebastián Torrico made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leopoldo Luque in the 64th minute. In the 67th minute Antonio Arnas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mauro Iruinea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 70 minutes DirectorVisual.com's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Andrew Robertson who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to Urko FC's Igor Baudelio getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Mauro Iruinea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Denis Alonso, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. 73 minutes into the match, Urko FC's goalkeeper Sebastián Torrico had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Matías Kranevitter. Mauro Iruinea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arrosko Lechem in the 74th minute of the match. When Urko FC's Denis Alonso in the 75th minute got a chance for a shot 75th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye DirectorVisual.com's goalie prevented a goal. Matías Kranevitter's late challenge caught a Urko FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Matías Kranevitter helped the player get up and apologised. Matías Kranevitter kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. DirectorVisual.com made a substitution. Hernán Crespo replaced Leopoldo Luque. After 79 played minutes DirectorVisual.com got a freekick which was hit by Matías Kranevitter. DirectorVisual.com's Mauro Iruinea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arrosko Lechem in the 80th minute of play. In the 88th minute Denis Alonso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mauro Iruinea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 94 minutes of play, Urko FC's Arrosko Lechem made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mauro Iruinea was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the referee ended the match the Urko FC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.