Friendly League

La Villa
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Lisandro Nuñez kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artur Quintas in the 2nd minute of play forced ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goalkeeper Kang Ying Hai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Napoleon Lewicki charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Napoleon Lewicki the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 6th match minute, ..Villa Rugby Club.. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Napoleon Lewicki to maneuver through the defense. In the 8th minute, Lisandro Nuñez 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. The audience was convinced that Flavio Perez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dario Astigar was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. The throw-in from Rafael Tiniebra in the 21st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Valentin Geambașu. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lisandro Nuñez in the 22nd minute of play forced ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goalkeeper Kang Ying Hai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to SAN LORENZO FC getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Shao Zhen Xiao hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Flavio Perez slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Dario Astigar. That made the score 1-0 after 37 minutes of play. 42 minutes into the game, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Mikolaj Giertych nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dario Astigar made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0.

55 minutes into the match, SAN LORENZO FC's goal looked a bit too open when Mikolaj Giertych came free, but Dario Astigar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in SAN LORENZO FC's zone, Mikolaj Giertych stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dario Astigar came out of the goal and Mikolaj Giertych tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Dario Astigar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Flavio Perez, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Dario Astigar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mikolaj Giertych in the 61st minute of play. In the 65th minute, Mikolaj Giertych 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 Allan Blom had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. SAN LORENZO FC made a substitution. Ciriaco Cordarrell replaced Lisandro Nuñez. Kang Ying Hai took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isaias Rosario, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 79thth minute of the game Olaf Cebula who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SAN LORENZO FC's Dario Astigar was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Carlos Saúl Menem's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dario Astigar read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 83rd minute of play. In the 84th minute Marcelo Michael shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kang Ying Hai saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. SAN LORENZO FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Shao Zhen Xiao in the 85th minute. In the 87th minute SAN LORENZO FC were awarded a corner. Shao Zhen Xiao went to the cornerflag to take it. Dario Astigar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Saúl Menem in the 90th minute of the match. Dario Astigar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Saúl Menem, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. In the 94th minute, Olaf Cebula ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dario Astigar was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. SAN LORENZO FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.