Friendly League

S y D Serengueti
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Guillermo Emesto took the kick off in the first half of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Constantino Urtsua managed to get in a good position for a shot. La Maquina 9-12-18's supporters rose to their feet, but Constantino Urtsua was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alfonso Polo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Alfonso Polo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacinto Marcones in the 5th minute of the match. The supporters of Real Academia Serengetti booed when La Maquina 9-12-18 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roque Boniel didn't get a good kick on the ball. Constantino Urtsua hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. La Maquina 9-12-18's Saverio Dominix proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save La Maquina 9-12-18 from getting a goal against them. In the 18th match minute, Real Academia Serengetti was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guillermo Emesto to maneuver through the defense. Juan Telo took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alfonso Polo. Alfonso Polo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Silvano Grabiel hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. La Maquina 9-12-18's Juan Telo managed to work through Real Academia Serengetti's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Juan Telo dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rodrigo Abeijon during the 37th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of La Maquina 9-12-18 booed when Real Academia Serengetti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rodrigo Abeijon didn't get a good kick on the ball. Juan Telo struck a weak shot in the 38th minute. Alfonso Polo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for La Maquina 9-12-18. After 39 played minutes La Maquina 9-12-18 got a freekick which was hit by Lucio Viator. After 42 minutes, Teo Arce mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the La Maquina 9-12-18 and the Real Academia Serengetti players grew even worse after the yellow card. Teo Arce hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the La Maquina 9-12-18 defense, Americo Ferrer kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Saverio Dominix. The La Maquina 9-12-18 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Saverio Dominix should have stopped the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Juan Telo made the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute, Rosendo Aballe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Teobaldo Muno's late challenge caught a Real Academia Serengetti's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Teobaldo Muno helped the player get up and apologised. In the 59th match minute, La Maquina 9-12-18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teobaldo Muno to maneuver through the defense. After 61 minutes, Americo Ferrer mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Real Academia Serengetti and the La Maquina 9-12-18 players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of La Maquina 9-12-18 booed when Real Academia Serengetti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Americo Ferrer didn't get a good kick on the ball. La Maquina 9-12-18's Saverio Dominix played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodrigo Abeijon in the 63rd minute of play. In the 66th match minute, La Maquina 9-12-18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roque Boniel to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Real Academia Serengetti booed when La Maquina 9-12-18 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Juan Telo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alfonso Polo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Juan Telo showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-3 in the 76 minute of play. After 80 minutes of play, La Maquina 9-12-18's Jacinto Marcones made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alfonso Polo was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match had gone on for 84 minutes, Constantino Urtsua put it in 1-5 from a short distance just to the right of Alfonso Polo. Saverio Dominix took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maximo Vito, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rodrigo Abeijon was shown his second yellow card after 93 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Rodrigo Abeijon kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. Americo Ferrer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Saverio Dominix tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The La Maquina 9-12-18 supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing La Maquina 9-12-18 would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.