Friendly League

TORQUE ARENA
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Manuel Ekain made the kick off which started today's match. The audience was convinced that Manuel Ekain's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julian Eutropio was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. In the 4th match minute, TORQUE F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Astor Avellaneda to maneuver through the defense. Martin Indartsu took the ball and in the 9 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Julian Eutropio. Julian Eutropio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Alzaga FC's Conan Ledesma proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Alzaga FC from getting a goal against them. Julian Eutropio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Natalio Elivareo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Teodoro Dubardo's late challenge caught a Alzaga FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Teodoro Dubardo helped the player get up and apologised. Teodoro Dubardo kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. After some careless play in the TORQUE F.C. defense, Manuel Ekain kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Julian Eutropio. The TORQUE F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Julian Eutropio should have stopped the shot. Manuel Ekain's late challenge caught a TORQUE F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Manuel Ekain helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Alzaga FC's Manuel Ekain got a free kick in the 26th minute. Teodoro Dubardo kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. A collision led to TORQUE F.C. getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Astor Avellaneda hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manuel Ekain in the 45th minute of play forced TORQUE F.C.'s goalkeeper Julian Eutropio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The TORQUE F.C. players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Alzaga FC were winning 0-4.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mario Frederik to make the kick off. TORQUE F.C.'s Julian Eutropio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save TORQUE F.C. from getting a goal against them. 56 minutes into the match, TORQUE F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Manuel Ekain came free, but Julian Eutropio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Natalio Elivareo in the 60thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Julian Eutropio, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After 61 minutes TORQUE F.C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Manuel Ekain who took care of the corner kick. Alzaga FC's Manuel Ekain was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Julian Eutropio in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Gabriel Federigo charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gabriel Federigo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, TORQUE F.C.'s Gabriel Federigo got a free kick in the 65th minute. Alzaga FC made a substitution. Severo Gilen replaced Martin Indartsu. Gabriel Federigo hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Conan Ledesma took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teodoro Dubardo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 75th minute Mario Frederik shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Conan Ledesma saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manuel Ekain in the 79th minute of play forced TORQUE F.C.'s goalkeeper Julian Eutropio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 80 minutes into the match, Natalio Elivareo dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Julian Eutropio, 0-5. Manuel Ekain fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julian Eutropio having to interfere. Julian Eutropio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Natalio Elivareo went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. Julian Eutropio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manuel Ekain, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tiburcio Quintun recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 94th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Alzaga FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.