Friendly League

José María Blanco
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Tres Lomas FC's Leon Honesto started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd minute, Arturo Umbruso left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The La Maquina 9-12-18 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After 5 played minutes La Maquina 9-12-18 got a freekick which was hit by Filiberto Bero. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dario Gelacio in the 8th minute of play forced Tres Lomas FC's goalkeeper Martín Herrera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 9 minutes of play, La Maquina 9-12-18's Arturo Umbruso made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Martín Herrera was left in no man's land by his defense there! Martín Herrera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dario Gelacio, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Tres Lomas FC's Martín Herrera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filiberto Bero in the 22nd minute of play. 23 minutes into the game, Domingos Torres was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. La Maquina 9-12-18's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tres Lomas FC the free kick. Martín Herrera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Candido Ebardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. La Maquina 9-12-18 were awarded a corner in the 27th minute after Tres Lomas FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Candido Ebardo took the corner. In the 30th match minute, La Maquina 9-12-18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arturo Umbruso to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Tres Lomas FC getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Sam Mendes hit a great ball. In the 32nd minute, Candido Ebardo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Martín Herrera was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. 35 minutes into the match, La Maquina 9-12-18's goal looked a bit too open when Silverio Cidro came free, but Felix Clis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arturo Umbruso in the 38th minute of play forced Tres Lomas FC's goalkeeper Martín Herrera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After taking down the ball on La Maquina 9-12-18's corner Candido Ebardo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Martín Herrera quite easily take care of the ball. 42 minutes into the match, Tres Lomas FC's goal looked a bit too open when Dario Gelacio came free, but Martín Herrera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Martín Herrera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arturo Umbruso in the 44th minute of the match. After 45 played minutes Tres Lomas FC got a freekick which was hit by Silverio Cidro. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Filiberto Bero was the one to do the kick off. Martín Herrera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arturo Umbruso in the 53rd minute of play. La Maquina 9-12-18's Felix Clis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leon Honesto in the 54th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silverio Cidro in the 57th minute of play forced La Maquina 9-12-18's goalkeeper Felix Clis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Dario Gelacio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Martín Herrera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Filiberto Bero in the 70th minute. Tres Lomas FC's Martín Herrera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Candido Ebardo in the 73rd minute of play. Tres Lomas FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 79th minute, when Candido Ebardo scored to the left of an out of position Martín Herrera, making the score, 0-7. In the 81st match minute, Tres Lomas FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valentas Kukštas to maneuver through the defense. Tres Lomas FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 82nd minute, when Candido Ebardo scored to the left of an out of position Martín Herrera, making the score, 0-8. With a little luck, Tres Lomas FC's Martín Herrera got control of the ball when Arturo Umbruso tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 85 minutes, Filiberto Bero made it 0-9 with a short kick to the right side. Tres Lomas FC's Martín Herrera tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Martín Herrera made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Dario Gelacio sent off a good shot on target. Martín Herrera didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when La Maquina 9-12-18's Dario Gelacio shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-10 in the ordered_time% minute. Arturo Umbruso scored 0-11 in the 92nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Martín Herrera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. La Maquina 9-12-18's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.