Friendly League

Martin Palermo
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rodolfo Cordeiro kicked off to start the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Christian Bergqvist in the 6th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jonathan Errapel prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Andres Pitin in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Errapel saved Santa Maradona from getting behind. Jonathan Errapel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Bergqvist in the 9th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Tigres Ñacuñán FC's Baldomiro Ireno got a free kick in the 11th minute. With an all-out effort, Santa Maradona's Eloy Mazuste threw himself towards the right post 12 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Rigoberto Thomas, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 14 minutes into the match, Tigres Ñacuñán FC's goal looked a bit too open when Rigoberto Thomas came free, but Eloy Mazuste reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 20 minutes into the match, Santa Maradona's goal looked a bit too open when Sinan Okergun came free, but Jonathan Errapel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Andres Pitin's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonathan Errapel read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 24th minute of play. Sinan Okergun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eloy Mazuste made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rigoberto Thomas in the 30th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Santa Maradona's Miguel Transito got a free kick in the 31st minute. In the 34th minute Christian Bergqvist 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. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by Santa Maradona's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Andres Pitin was slow to take the kick. During this time Tigres Ñacuñán FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Andres Pitin got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Errapel quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sinan Okergun in the 37th minute of play forced Santa Maradona's goalkeeper Jonathan Errapel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonathan Errapel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Bergqvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Andres Pitin took the ball and in the 43 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Errapel. Jonathan Errapel dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Herminio Birila hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Christian Bergqvist was the one to do the kick off. Fernando Nabar kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Christian Bergqvist got free with Jonathan Errapel in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jonathan Errapel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sinan Okergun went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Thanks to some nice moves Andres Pitin could shoot a difficult shot in the 57th minute, which Jonathan Errapel however easily saved by the left post. After a rather tough play, Santa Maradona's Felix Ibar got a free kick in the 59th minute. 66 minutes in the game, Sinan Okergun 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Christian Bergqvist got free with Jonathan Errapel in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 69 minutes into the match, Santa Maradona's goal looked a bit too open when Christian Bergqvist came free, but Jonathan Errapel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Belchior Vieira hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sinan Okergun in the 74th minute of play forced Santa Maradona's goalkeeper Jonathan Errapel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eloy Mazuste took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodolfo Cordeiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan Errapel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christian Bergqvist in the 81st minute of play. Santa Maradona's Jonathan Errapel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christian Bergqvist in the 82nd minute of play. Miguel Transito's late challenge caught a Tigres Ñacuñán FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Miguel Transito helped the player get up and apologised. After 83 played minutes Santa Maradona got a freekick which was hit by Miguel Transito. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sinan Okergun in the 90th minute of play forced Santa Maradona's goalkeeper Jonathan Errapel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Santa Maradona's Jonathan Errapel got control of the ball when Mariano Llorian tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jonathan Errapel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Christian Bergqvist in the 92nd minute. In the 94th minute, Christian Bergqvist made a precise shot to the right of Jonathan Errapel. Santa Maradona's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3.