Friendly League

Salvador Lizzio
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) ≮王者归来≯News at 11's Marco Dias 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. A collision led to ≮王者归来≯News at 11 getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Naohiro Takahara hit a great ball. 8 minutes in the game, Baltasar Gaitan fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Ernani Oliveira having to interfere. In the 9th minute, Cable a Tierra's Pablo Lizzio dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Pablo Lizzio received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ernani Oliveira came out and tried to block the shot, but Pablo Lizzio slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 14th minute. Ernani Oliveira made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Pablo Lizzio sent off a good shot on target. 20 minutes into the game, ≮王者归来≯News at 11's Marco Dias nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nacho Gonzalez made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. After 25 played minutes ≮王者归来≯News at 11 got a freekick which was hit by Glauco Abraão. After 26 played minutes ≮王者归来≯News at 11 got a freekick which was hit by Cristian Varela. The audience was convinced that Cosme Turi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ernani Oliveira was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. The corner went over the outstretched arms of ≮王者归来≯News at 11's goalie and right to Baltasar Gaitan. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. ≮王者归来≯News at 11's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 37 minutes into the match, Cable a Tierra's Pablo Lizzio sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ernani Oliveira narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Pablo Lizzio made the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, Marco Dias managed to get in a good position for a shot. ≮王者归来≯News at 11's supporters rose to their feet, but Marco Dias was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nacho Gonzalez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With his leg Nacho Gonzalez managed to avoid a goal in the 57thth minute, when ≮王者归来≯News at 11's Marco Dias fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Ernani Oliveira stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pablo Lizzio's shot from short distance in the 59th minute. Cable a Tierra's Maximino Timo was substituted for Reynaldo Lauren. Cable a Tierra's Angelo Erauso was substituted for Cosme Turi. In the 69th minute Andrézinho Vieira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nacho Gonzalez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Dias in the 71st minute of play forced Cable a Tierra's goalkeeper Nacho Gonzalez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nacho Gonzalez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lester Nygaard in the 74th minute. Marco Dias's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nacho Gonzalez read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 78th minute of play. After 81 minutes Cable a Tierra's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cristian Varela who took care of the corner kick. Lester Nygaard didn't miss a given chance and shot in short distance 2-2 via right post in the game's 92nd minute. ≮王者归来≯News at 11's supporters showed their exhuberating excitement! The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.