Friendly League

Pablo Comelli
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcos Acuña in the 6th minute of play forced C. A. Potrero's goalkeeper Lucio Ur to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Mustafa Barış Yorangil had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 14th minute, Mustafa Barış Yorangil ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Serafin Bernal was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The audience was convinced that Mustafa Barış Yorangil's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Serafin Bernal was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. After 26 minutes Talleres de Escalada's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Semih Kaya who took care of the corner kick. The corner led C. A. Potrero's Semih Kaya to fire away a dangerous shot which Serafin Bernal despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 27 minutes into the match, C. A. Potrero's goalkeeper Lucio Ur had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ezequiel Monico. After 29 minutes of play, C. A. Potrero's Mustafa Barış Yorangil made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Serafin Bernal was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 32nd minute Mustafa Barış Yorangil shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Serafin Bernal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Talleres de Escalada were awarded a corner in the 39th minute after C. A. Potrero's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Thibault Moon took the corner. Talleres de Escalada's Marcos Acuña was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Lucio Ur in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 43rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Talleres de Escalada's goalkeeper Serafin Bernal, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 44 minutes into the match, Marcos Acuña had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lucio Ur. C. A. Potrero's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marcos Acuña was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. The Talleres de Escalada players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. C. A. Potrero were winning 1-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Xepe Godan made a kick off. C. A. Potrero's Mustafa Barış Yorangil got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 58th minute, Mustafa Barış Yorangil 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. Lucio Ur made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ezequiel Monico in the 60th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ezequiel Monico in the 60th minute of play forced C. A. Potrero's goalkeeper Lucio Ur to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ezequiel Monico in the 67th minute of play forced C. A. Potrero's goalkeeper Lucio Ur to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. C. A. Potrero's Mateusz Marajda was substituted for Mustafa Barış Yorangil. Talleres de Escalada's Fang Lang Mo was substituted for Xepe Godan. After 70 minutes C. A. Potrero's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Thibault Moon who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Talleres de Escalada's Jonny Saran to fire away a dangerous shot which Lucio Ur despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Lucio Ur showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcos Acuña in the 79th minute of the match. 81 minutes had been played when some careless play by C. A. Potrero's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Thibault Moon was slow to take the kick. During this time Talleres de Escalada's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Ezequiel Monico heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. C. A. Potrero made a substitution. Lu Lin Zhou replaced Özgür Onur. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcos Acuña in the 84th minute of play forced C. A. Potrero's goalkeeper Lucio Ur to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th minute Fang Lang Mo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucio Ur saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fang Lang Mo scored 3-2 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lucio Ur, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mateusz Marajda might have been able to make a better finish in the 95th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Serafin Bernal. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mateusz Marajda ran back to his position shaking his head. Serafin Bernal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mateusz Marajda in the 95th minute of play. When the referee ended the match the Talleres de Escalada players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.