Friendly League

Francisco Zarco
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pietro Salles took the kick off in the first half of the match. Andy Hauser took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pietro Salles, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the San Pablo FC defense, Pietro Salles kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Andy Hauser. The San Pablo FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Andy Hauser should have stopped the shot. A collision led to San Pablo FC getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Marcus Red hit a great ball. In the 13th minute, Gurbax Gascon ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ismael Furman was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. After 17 minutes San Pablo FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Raul Vigil who took care of the corner kick. Pietro Salles's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Andy Hauser read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 24th minute of play. In the 31st minute, Taribo West hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. San Pablo FC's Prospero Moreno couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Equipo. 33 minutes into the match, Equipo's Pietro Salles sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Andy Hauser narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 35th minute Equipo were awarded a corner. Raul Vigil went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Steven Gerard almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but San Pablo FC's Andy Hauser did a great save. Andy Hauser showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pietro Salles in the 37th minute of the match. Andy Hauser came out of the goal in the 41st minute to try and stop a shot by Equipo's Pietro Salles. But to his dismay, Pietro Salles quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. When Gurbax Gascon got free in front of the goal in the 46th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Ismael Furman was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Equipo made a substitution. Darío Benedetto replaced Emiliano Lluterio. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Juan Jimenez made a kick off. Ismael Furman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juan Jimenez, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Andy Hauser showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Steven Gerard, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 58th minute of the match, Ronaldo Cristi tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Andy Hauser saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 66th minute the ball was on its way in behind San Pablo FC's goalkeeper Andy Hauser, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a little luck, San Pablo FC's Andy Hauser got control of the ball when Ronaldo Cristi tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 74 minutes of play, Equipo's Ronaldo Cristi made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Andy Hauser was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 80th minute, Ronaldo Cristi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Andy Hauser was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. Andy Hauser took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronaldo Cristi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Andy Hauser made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Darío Benedetto sent off a good shot on target. 88 minutes into the match, San Pablo FC's goal looked a bit too open when Ronaldo Cristi came free, but Andy Hauser reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ronaldo Cristi received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Andy Hauser came out and tried to block the shot, but Ronaldo Cristi slotted it home off the left post making it 1-5 in the 93rd minute. Equipo's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.