Friendly League

Gran Parque Central
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Grabiel Escorcia got the match started through his kick off. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nacional's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Adan Aresti was slow to take the kick. During this time ★Independiente Ψ★'s players had a chance to rest. After 11 minutes of play, Nacional's Grabiel Escorcia made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Maximiliano Iigo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gabriel-Omar Batista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 20 minutes into the match, Nacional's goal looked a bit too open when Gabriel-Omar Batista came free, but Juaneizu Merida reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Grabiel Escorcia in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Maximiliano Iigo saved ★Independiente Ψ★ from getting behind. A throw-in in the 28th minute of the game was made by Cristian Jaunti with Gabriel-Omar Batista as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 39th minute Gabriel-Omar Batista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juaneizu Merida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xu Sha hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. 44 minutes into the game, Jony Maidana threw the ball into play from the sideline. ★Independiente Ψ★'s Cristian Jaunti quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Maximiliano Iigo made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Joseph Gayoso sent off a good shot on target. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The audience was convinced that Gabriel-Omar Batista's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Juaneizu Merida was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. 54 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nacional's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Adan Aresti was slow to take the kick. During this time ★Independiente Ψ★'s players had a chance to rest. 60 minutes into the match, ★Independiente Ψ★'s goal looked a bit too open when Grabiel Escorcia came free, but Maximiliano Iigo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nacional made a substitution. Walme Yurre replaced Mendiko Bueres. ★Independiente Ψ★'s Lei Feng Ying was substituted for Gabriel-Omar Batista. 71 minutes into the match, ★Independiente Ψ★'s Lei Feng Ying sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Juaneizu Merida narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Xu Sha hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Maximiliano Iigo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joseph Gayoso in the 75th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grabiel Escorcia in the 80th minute of play forced ★Independiente Ψ★'s goalkeeper Maximiliano Iigo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Grabiel Escorcia took the ball and in the 84 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Maximiliano Iigo. Maximiliano Iigo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grabiel Escorcia in the 87th minute of play forced ★Independiente Ψ★'s goalkeeper Maximiliano Iigo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Maximiliano Iigo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grabiel Escorcia in the 91st minute of play. Nacional's Grabiel Escorcia got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Nacional had won after a very even match.