Friendly League

Estadio Rondeau
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Fernandez Cuero started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 4 minutes into the match, Barcelona Sporting Club's goalkeeper Xulio Prats had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hipolito Misael. After 9 minutes of play, Rondeau AFC's Andreas Pirlo made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Xulio Prats was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 13 minutes Barcelona Sporting Club's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Juan Pablo Sorin who took care of the corner kick. Juan Pablo Sorin made a great header on Rondeau AFC's corner, it was just that Barcelona Sporting Club's Xulio Prats managed to reach the ball for a save. A collision led to Barcelona Sporting Club getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. De-la-Cruz Avecilla hit a great ball. The throw-in from Guagua Respaldizar in the 19th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Rondeau AFC's Nereo Odilon. Barcelona Sporting Club's Xulio Prats proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Barcelona Sporting Club from getting a goal against them. Xulio Prats made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andreas Pirlo in the 25th minute. Xulio Prats made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Raúl Wensell sent off a good shot on target. 28 minutes into the match, Barcelona Sporting Club's goalkeeper Xulio Prats had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hipolito Misael. Xulio Prats made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hipolito Misael in the 31st minute of play. 34 minutes into the match, Rondeau AFC's goal looked a bit too open when De-la-Cruz Avecilla came free, but Costin Jecu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th minute Hipolito Misael shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xulio Prats saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Raúl Wensell got free with Xulio Prats in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 36 minutes into the match, Barcelona Sporting Club's goalkeeper Xulio Prats had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Raúl Wensell. Xulio Prats took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Raúl Wensell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 37th minute of the match, Raúl Wensell tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Xulio Prats saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Rondeau AFC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Juan Pablo Sorin in the 38th minute. After 40 played minutes Rondeau AFC got a freekick which was hit by Andreas Pirlo. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hipolito Misael in the 41st minute of play forced Barcelona Sporting Club's goalkeeper Xulio Prats to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Andreas Pirlo got free with Xulio Prats in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A hard shot 46 in the game by Andreas Pirlo from a close distance when the talented Xulio Prats managed to make a qualified save. Barcelona Sporting Club's players were relieved. Diego Olasagasti hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Juan Pablo Sorin got free with Xulio Prats in the 48th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Andreas Pirlo to make the kick off. When the match clock showed 54 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Juan Pablo Sorin sped through Barcelona Sporting Club's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Xulio Prats. Carolo Abreu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xulio Prats having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Barcelona Sporting Club's Efrain Mascareñas got a free kick in the 60th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juan Pablo Sorin in the 61st minute of play forced Barcelona Sporting Club's goalkeeper Xulio Prats to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 63 minutes, Hipolito Misael made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. Barcelona Sporting Club's Xulio Prats tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Raúl Wensell in the 68th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Xulio Prats prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Xulio Prats showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hipolito Misael in the 69th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Hipolito Misael's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Xulio Prats was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. Raúl Wensell hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Rondeau AFC's Costin Jecu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by De-la-Cruz Avecilla in the 75th minute of play. In the 77th minute Andreas Pirlo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xulio Prats saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Andreas Pirlo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xulio Prats having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernandez Cuero in the 81st minute of play forced Rondeau AFC's goalkeeper Costin Jecu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Barcelona Sporting Club's Xulio Prats played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hipolito Misael in the 82nd minute of play. Xulio Prats took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hipolito Misael, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Xulio Prats made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raúl Wensell in the 87th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hipolito Misael in the 90th minute of play forced Barcelona Sporting Club's goalkeeper Xulio Prats to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Costin Jecu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from De-la-Cruz Avecilla in the 93rd minute of play. The supporters of Barcelona Sporting Club booed when Rondeau AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Juan Pablo Sorin didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Rondeau AFC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Barcelona Sporting Club had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.