Friendly League

Manicomio Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Eduardo Honesto started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Ruben Esdras took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Domingos Salomone, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Augusto Manuelo during the 7th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 9th minute Lorenzo Henrico shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruben Esdras saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ruben Esdras showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Domingos Salomone in the 10th minute of the match. Higinio Terciero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eduardo Honesto, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Eustaquio Lluques during the 14th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Maní FC booed when La Guardia Imperial was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eustaquio Lluques didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the La Guardia Imperial defense, Domingos Salomone kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ruben Esdras. The La Guardia Imperial fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ruben Esdras should have stopped the shot. Eduardo Honesto hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Eduardo Honesto struck a weak shot in the 24th minute. Higinio Terciero didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for La Guardia Imperial. The audience thought a goal was coming when Domingos Salomone got free with Ruben Esdras in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Domingos Salomone did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-0 to the left of a surprised Ruben Esdras 27 minutes into the match. Ruben Esdras made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Domingos Salomone sent off a good shot on target. La Guardia Imperial's Ruben Esdras played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Domingos Salomone in the 35th minute of play. Ruben Esdras took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Domingos Salomone, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 40 minutes of play, Maní FC's Domingos Salomone made it 4-0 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! Higinio Terciero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Diagur in the 43rd minute of the match. 44 minutes into the game, Domingos Salomone cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Ruben Esdras was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After having played for 48 minutes, Eduardo Honesto managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La Guardia Imperial's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eduardo Honesto was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Christian Ramone to strike the kick off in the second half. After 58 played minutes La Guardia Imperial got a freekick which was hit by Augusto Manuelo. Ruben Esdras showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Domingos Salomone, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alonzo Regis during the 62nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to La Guardia Imperial getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Alonzo Regis hit a great ball. In the 64th minute Marco Ursino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruben Esdras saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Domingos Salomone's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ruben Esdras was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Ruben Esdras made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christian Ramone in the 68th minute of play. If Eduardo Honesto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Christian Ramone fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ruben Esdras having to interfere. After 81 played minutes La Guardia Imperial got a freekick which was hit by Eustaquio Lluques. In the 83rd minute Lorenzo Henrico shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruben Esdras saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 85th minute, Lorenzo Henrico got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 87 minutes into the match, Domingos Salomone notched a goal, 6-0, 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. Ruben Esdras didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lorenzo Henrico went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. When the referee ended the match the Maní FC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.