Friendly League

Estadio Taltun
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Flavio Cifuentes took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, berretaweres's Alfonso Berbiz got a free kick in the 2nd minute. A collision led to berretaweres getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Alfonso Berbiz hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Flavio Cifuentes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sing Mano was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. If Flavio Cifuentes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 18th minute Flavio Cifuentes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sing Mano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 19 minutes berretaweres's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Roldan Castellanos who took care of the corner kick. Espinosa Marco made a great header on Taltum FC's corner, it was just that berretaweres's Sing Mano managed to reach the ball for a save. After 22 played minutes Taltum FC's Marcelo Cavenaghi stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Sing Mano stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing berretaweres of the goal. Sing Mano was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Marcelo Cavenaghi showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 23 minute of play. In the 25th minute, Espinosa Marco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Di Le Jun received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Sing Mano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Israel Manilan in the 44th minute of play forced Taltum FC's goalkeeper Zhang Hao Qing to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Israel Manilan to make the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as berretaweres's Nicolás Veloso slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Zhang Hao Qing. That made the score 2-1 after 51 minutes of play. After a rather tough play, berretaweres's Alfonso Berbiz got a free kick in the 55th minute. Sing Mano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Flavio Cifuentes in the 56th minute of the match. In the 66th minute, Marcelo Cavenaghi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Taltum FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Taltum FC's Urtsin Copeiro was substituted for Di Le Jun. In the 75th minute of the game Alfonso Berbiz made a throw-in which Jonathan Haimar played forward. In the 79th minute Jonathan Haimar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zhang Hao Qing saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sing Mano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Obregón Pardemanos in the 80th minute of play. Jonathan Haimar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Espinosa Marco in the 86th minute of play forced berretaweres's goalkeeper Sing Mano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 86 minutes in the game, Espinosa Marco dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. 88 minutes into the match, berretaweres's goal looked a bit too open when Obregón Pardemanos came free, but Sing Mano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Taltum FC's Zhang Hao Qing played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonathan Haimar in the 91st minute of play. Sing Mano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Obregón Pardemanos went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score. For all the effort they put into the match, the berretaweres players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Taltum FC.