Friendly League

Rey de Copas
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Yin Wei Yi started the match with the kick off. 11 minutes into the match, DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's goalkeeper Benigno Feo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yin Wei Yi. Benigno Feo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Yin Wei Yi's shot from short distance in the 12th minute. Benedicto Ireno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Garth Burrell in the 24th minute of the match. In the 28th minute Garth Burrell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benedicto Ireno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Benigno Feo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Yin Wei Yi's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. In the 37th minute, Garth Burrell left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's Anselmo Valiente was substituted for Jacobo Garin. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kazimierz Traczewski got free with Benedicto Ireno in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ made a substitution. Márk Stephen replaced Yin Wei Yi. Akakios Kountouratzis made in the 61st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's Igor Montes. In the 63rd minute the ball was on its way in behind C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's goalkeeper Benedicto Ireno, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Anselmo Valiente hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. In the 70th minute Kazimierz Traczewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benedicto Ireno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Benigno Feo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Márk Stephen in the 74th minute of play. In the 76th minute, Márk Stephen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benigno Feo was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the last second Benedicto Ireno throw himself and got hold of the ball when Garth Burrell in the 82ndth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. In the 87th minute, Márk Stephen made a precise shot to the right of Benigno Feo. DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joey Tribbiani in the 91st minute of play forced C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's goalkeeper Benedicto Ireno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 94th minute, Akakios Kountouratzis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Márk Stephen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ had won after a very even match.