Friendly League

La Caldera
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Eduardo Honesto started the match with the kick off. In the 7th minute, Sotiris Vergos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Branco FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 10th minute, Sotiris Vergos made a precise shot to the right of Ruben Esdras. La Guardia Imperial's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. 14 minutes into the match, La Guardia Imperial's goal looked a bit too open when Sotiris Vergos came free, but Ruben Esdras reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sotiris Vergos in the 14th minute of play forced La Guardia Imperial's goalkeeper Ruben Esdras to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ruben Esdras made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sotiris Vergos in the 14th minute of play. Ruben Esdras came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by Branco FC's Fernando Gabrio. But to his dismay, Fernando Gabrio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. After a rather tough play, La Guardia Imperial's Amador Seber got a free kick in the 20th minute. A collision led to La Guardia Imperial getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Joel Diagur hit a great ball. Ruben Esdras took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonides Eriz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonides Eriz in the 25th minute of play forced La Guardia Imperial's goalkeeper Ruben Esdras to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonides Eriz in the 27th minute of play forced La Guardia Imperial's goalkeeper Ruben Esdras to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, La Guardia Imperial's Ubaldo Locaio got a free kick in the 28th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 29th minute, Sotiris Vergos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Branco FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Sotiris Vergos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ruben Esdras breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 32 minutes into the match, La Guardia Imperial's goal looked a bit too open when Ludomil Gargasz came free, but Ruben Esdras reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Branco FC's Sotiris Vergos in the 34th minute got a chance for a shot 34th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye La Guardia Imperial's goalie prevented a goal. In the 38th minute, Ludomil Gargasz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ruben Esdras was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Leonides Eriz blasted a shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ruben Esdras having to make a save. 0-6 became the score in the 42nd minute when Sotiris Vergos elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-6 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sotiris Vergos was the one to do the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Fernando Gabrio notched a goal, 0-7, to the right of La Guardia Imperial's Ruben Esdras. Ruben Esdras was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Siro Oroitz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 56th minute, Sotiris Vergos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ruben Esdras was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-8. After a rather tough play, Branco FC's Evelio Tonio got a free kick in the 58th minute. When the match had gone on for 60 minutes, Sotiris Vergos took a quick shot and it went in 0-9 without a chance for Ruben Esdras to make any attempt to save it. Sotiris Vergos succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-10 in the 64th playminute. In the 67th minute, Leonides Eriz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ruben Esdras was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-11. In the 72nd minute, Sotiris Vergos reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ruben Esdras. The goal made the score 0-12. Enzo Abecia hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Ruben Esdras showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ludomil Gargasz in the 77th minute of the match. In the 79th minute, Evelio Tonio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Leonides Eriz got free with Ruben Esdras in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 84 minutes into the match, La Guardia Imperial's goal looked a bit too open when Leonides Eriz came free, but Ruben Esdras reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 88th play minute Fernando Gabrio came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Ruben Esdras. 0-14. When the match had gone on for 91 minutes, Ludomil Gargasz took a quick shot and it went in 0-15 without a chance for Ruben Esdras to make any attempt to save it. Ruben Esdras was out of position in the 96 minute of play, and Sotiris Vergos capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Sotiris Vergos really showed his touch with that goal: 0-16. Branco FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.