Friendly League

Julio Cesar Villagra
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gustavo Eladio got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, C. A. BELGRANO's Adolfo Guib got a free kick in the 5th minute. A collision led to C. A. BELGRANO getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Gabriel Cortez hit a great ball. C. A. BELGRANO were awarded a corner in the 11th minute after Acuña's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gustavo Eladio took the corner. The corner ended in Washington Santos almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Acuña's Santos Vincent did a great save. Andres Cabezon kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Gustavo Eladio blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Santos Vincent having to make a save. Thanks to some nice moves Gustavo Eladio could shoot a difficult shot in the 17th minute, which Santos Vincent however easily saved by the left post. Gustavo Eladio blasted a shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Santos Vincent having to make a save. Acuña's Santos Vincent played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustavo Eladio in the 19th minute of play. In the 20th minute, C. A. BELGRANO's Gustavo Eladio dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Santos Vincent showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rigoberto Lauaxeta in the 23rd minute of the match. If Gustavo Eladio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Acuña's Santos Vincent proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Acuña from getting a goal against them. If Gustavo Eladio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a little luck, Acuña's Santos Vincent got control of the ball when Gustavo Eladio tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rigoberto Lauaxeta could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Santos Vincent made a huge save. 31 minutes into the match, Acuña's goal looked a bit too open when Gustavo Eladio came free, but Santos Vincent reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Acuña's Santos Vincent proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Acuña from getting a goal against them. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Andres Cabezon stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Gustavo Eladio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The C. A. BELGRANO fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Gustavo Eladio might have been able to make a better finish in the 54th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Santos Vincent. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gustavo Eladio ran back to his position shaking his head. Santos Vincent made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustavo Eladio in the 54th minute of play. 56 minutes into the match, C. A. BELGRANO's goalkeeper Martin Rito had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Long Liang Wei. C. A. BELGRANO's Amancio Pinto quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Bruno Quintyn, made in the 57th minute of the game. 59 minutes had been played when some careless play by Acuña's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gustavo Eladio was slow to take the kick. During this time C. A. BELGRANO's players had a chance to rest. Jaime Alfonso made a great header on C. A. BELGRANO's corner, it was just that Acuña's Santos Vincent managed to reach the ball for a save. C. A. BELGRANO made a substitution. Nunez Noe replaced Silvio Valerio. The throw-in from Ildefonso Danel in the 64th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by C. A. BELGRANO's Jaime Alfonso. Santos Vincent showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aureliano Ovando, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Martin Rito made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Long Liang Wei in the 66th minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Bruno Quintyn in the 68th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by C. A. BELGRANO's Washington Santos. In the 70th match minute, C. A. BELGRANO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adolfo Guib to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, C. A. BELGRANO's Gabriel Cortez got a free kick in the 73rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aureliano Ovando in the 75th minute of play forced Acuña's goalkeeper Santos Vincent to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 77th minute, Aureliano Ovando made a precise shot to the right of Santos Vincent. Acuña's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. After having played for 80 minutes, Aureliano Ovando managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. C. A. BELGRANO's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aureliano Ovando was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 82 minutes in the game Bruno Quintyn did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Moises Beltran. Aureliano Ovando sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Aureliano Ovando had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aureliano Ovando in the 91st minute of play forced Acuña's goalkeeper Santos Vincent to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Martin Rito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernardino Serapio in the 93rd minute of the match. In the 95th minute, Aureliano Ovando got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. C. A. BELGRANO's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.