Friendly League

ATATÜR
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The audience was convinced that Quirce Bodelon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mounir El-Shater was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. After 7 played minutes Samir de los Caños got a freekick which was hit by Raimundo Salan. If Mikel Cardeñosa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 15 minutes into the game, Mikel Cardeñosa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Mounir El-Shater was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Quirce Bodelon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mounir El-Shater having to interfere. Mounir El-Shater made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raimundo Salan in the 27th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mikel Cardeñosa in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mounir El-Shater prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to Samir de los Caños getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Quirce Bodelon hit a great ball. 37 minutes into the match, Samir de los Caños's goal looked a bit too open when Salah Nagy came free, but Jaume Rodriguez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mounir El-Shater made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Quirce Bodelon in the 38th minute of play. Jaume Rodriguez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Salah Nagy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fareed Hosny came free with the goalkeeper in the 43rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Jaume Rodriguez could save by the left post. Samir de los Caños's Mikel Cardeñosa got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Samir de los Caños's Natalio Pedrosa was substituted for Quirce Bodelon. After the first half Samir de los Caños were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Mikel Cardeñosa made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Taimour Thabit hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jaume Rodriguez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Salah Nagy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Samir de los Caños's Jaume Rodriguez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdou Hatem in the 55th minute of play. After some careless play in the Samir de los Caños defense, Salah Nagy kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jaume Rodriguez. The Samir de los Caños fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jaume Rodriguez should have stopped the shot. Mounir El-Shater showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raimundo Salan in the 60th minute of the match. Mikel Cardeñosa received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Mounir El-Shater came out and tried to block the shot, but Mikel Cardeñosa slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 64th minute. Samir de los Caños made a substitution. Falo Navarro replaced Iratze Riba. After 81 minutes of play, Kocaelispor's Taimour Thabit made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jaume Rodriguez was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jaume Rodriguez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdou Hatem in the 84th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Falo Navarro during the 90th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Samir de los Caños getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Falo Navarro hit a great ball. 93 minutes into the match, Samir de los Caños's goal looked a bit too open when Salah Nagy came free, but Jaume Rodriguez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mikel Cardeñosa got free with Mounir El-Shater in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Samir de los Caños eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.