Friendly League

La Caldera
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Eduardo Honesto made the kick off which started today's match. Ruben Esdras took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nemesio Muc, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 7 minutes, Amador Seber mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the La Guardia Imperial and the Justicialista FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Amador Seber hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Cleto Lugo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Ruben Esdras tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Justicialista FC's Javier Romildo in 12 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Ruben Esdras guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. 14 minutes into the game, Nemesio Muc cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Ruben Esdras was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Conrado Guillelmus was out of position in the 18 minute of play, and Eduardo Honesto capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Eduardo Honesto really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. 23 minutes into the game, Javier Romildo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Ruben Esdras was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After recieving a nice pass, La Guardia Imperial's Eustaquio Lluques tried to score from far away in the 35th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After 36 minutes of play, Justicialista FC's Nemesio Muc made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ruben Esdras was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ruben Esdras showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedro Nataniel in the 43rd minute of the match. In the 46th minute, Nemesio Muc left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Justicialista FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-6. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-6.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nemesio Muc to make the kick off. La Guardia Imperial's Ruben Esdras played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nemesio Muc in the 52nd minute of play. After 56 minutes, Pedro Nataniel made it 1-7 with a short kick to the right side. La Guardia Imperial's Ruben Esdras tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Raul Gumaro received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ruben Esdras came out and tried to block the shot, but Raul Gumaro slotted it home off the left post making it 1-8 in the 59th minute. Ruben Esdras made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Nataniel in the 63rd minute of play. 1-9 became the score in the 64th minute when Javier Romildo elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Ruben Esdras was out of position in the 68 minute of play, and Javier Romildo capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Javier Romildo really showed his touch with that goal: 1-10. In the 73rd minute, Nemesio Muc 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 1-11. Nemesio Muc received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ruben Esdras came out and tried to block the shot, but Nemesio Muc slotted it home off the left post making it 1-12 in the 78th minute. 82 minutes into the match, La Guardia Imperial's goalkeeper Ruben Esdras had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nemesio Muc. 83 minutes into the game, Justicialista FC's Javier Romildo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ruben Esdras made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-13. In the 86th minute of the match, Javier Romildo got a very nice opportunity to score, but Ruben Esdras was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Ruben Esdras came out of the goal in the 87th minute to try and stop a shot by Justicialista FC's Nemesio Muc. But to his dismay, Nemesio Muc quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-14. With a little luck, La Guardia Imperial's Ruben Esdras got control of the ball when Javier Romildo tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Justicialista FC's Cleto Lugo slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ruben Esdras. That made the score 1-15 after 95 minutes of play. Justicialista FC played a much better game than La Guardia Imperial and deserved their victory. The La Guardia Imperial players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.