Friendly League

La Cucha
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Enzo Nuñez charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Enzo Nuñez the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, La Gallardeta's Enzo Nuñez got a free kick in the 9th minute. Javier Bazterrica kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. Jan-Olof Eliasson might have been able to make a better finish in the 14th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mías Khalifa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jan-Olof Eliasson ran back to his position shaking his head. Mías Khalifa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fulgencio Gartzi in the 15th minute of the match. Enzo Nuñez kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. 31 minutes had been played when some careless play by La Gallardeta's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sabri Ravelli was slow to take the kick. During this time Simbo FC's players had a chance to rest. The supporters of La Gallardeta booed when Simbo FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Javier Bazterrica didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 37 played minutes Simbo FC got a freekick which was hit by Anselmo Leocadio. In the 37th minute of the match Alessio Scandella sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mías Khalifa skillfully saved the ball. In the 38th minute, Javier Bazterrica hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. La Gallardeta's Belchior Saldanha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romain Berrewouts in the 40th minute of play.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fulgencio Gartzi made a kick off. Mías Khalifa made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Jan-Olof Eliasson sent off a good shot on target. Nestor Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Belchior Saldanha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Belchior Saldanha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tincho Palermo in the 60th minute of play. Belchior Saldanha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tincho Palermo in the 65th minute of the match. La Gallardeta's Belchior Saldanha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tincho Palermo in the 73rd minute of play. A collision led to La Gallardeta getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Bragan McPhil hit a great ball. In the 86th minute, Tincho Palermo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Simbo FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Belchior Saldanha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tincho Palermo in the 89th minute of the match. 91 minutes into the match, Nestor Sancho notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of La Gallardeta's Belchior Saldanha. Belchior Saldanha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Simbo FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of La Gallardeta for a fine match.