Friendly League

Martin Palermo
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Lajos Tímár started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The audience thought a goal was coming when Miguel Transito got free with Aristides Iztal in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jonathan Errapel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lajos Tímár in the 8th minute of the match. In the 14th minute Lajos Tímár shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Errapel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by Santa Maradona's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Oscar Malbernat was slow to take the kick. During this time GangsTaz F. C.'s players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Abel Bernard heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rigoberto Thomas in the 21st minute of play forced GangsTaz F. C.'s goalkeeper Aristides Iztal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aristides Iztal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rigoberto Thomas in the 24th minute of play. In the 26th minute Abel Bernard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Errapel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonathan Errapel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abel Bernard in the 29th minute of the match. 32 minutes into the match, Santa Maradona's goal looked a bit too open when Lajos Tímár came free, but Jonathan Errapel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 36 minutes of play, GangsTaz F. C.'s Lajos Tímár made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Errapel was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 39thth minute of the game Abel Bernard who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Santa Maradona's Jonathan Errapel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hernan Vargas in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Errapel saved Santa Maradona from getting behind. When Santa Maradona's Rigoberto Thomas in the 42nd minute got a chance for a shot 42nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye GangsTaz F. C.'s goalie prevented a goal. Jonathan Errapel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carmelo Ishmael in the 43rd minute of the match.

Abel Panfilo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonathan Errapel came out and tried to block the shot, but Abel Panfilo slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 53rd minute. In the 55th match minute, Santa Maradona was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Herminio Birila to maneuver through the defense. Aristides Iztal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rigoberto Thomas in the 59th minute of play. Aristides Iztal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rigoberto Thomas in the 67th minute of the match. Jonathan Errapel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abel Panfilo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 70 minutes Santa Maradona's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Oscar Malbernat who took care of the corner kick. Lajos Tímár did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-3 to the left of a surprised Jonathan Errapel 72 minutes into the match. In the 74th minute, Rigoberto Thomas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aristides Iztal was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. 77 minutes into the match, Santa Maradona's Rigoberto Thomas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aristides Iztal narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jonathan Errapel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hernan Vargas in the 79th minute of play. GangsTaz F. C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Oscar Malbernat in the 80th minute. The corner led GangsTaz F. C.'s Hernan Vargas to fire away a dangerous shot which Jonathan Errapel despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rigoberto Thomas in the 84th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Aristides Iztal prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 86 minutes, Fernando Nabar mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Santa Maradona and the GangsTaz F. C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 86th minute, Fernando Nabar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 89 minutes, Hernan Vargas made it 1-4 with a short kick to the right side. Santa Maradona's Jonathan Errapel tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 97 minutes into the game, Lajos Tímár recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Jonathan Errapel. Lajos Tímár showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-5. The Santa Maradona supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching GangsTaz F. C.'s performance. The match ended with a win for GangsTaz F. C..