Friendly League

Giuseppe Meazza
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Celestino Toro made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to San Lorenzo getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Diego Balendin hit a great ball. After 4 played minutes Legia Stavanger got a freekick which was hit by Christer Botten. In the 6th minute, Legia Stavanger's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Delmiro Tabor fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 7 minutes into the game, Celestino Toro recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Stein Naas. Celestino Toro showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. 10 minutes into the game, one of Legia Stavanger:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Stein Naas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Celestino Toro, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. In the 19th minute, San Lorenzo's Diego Balendin ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Stein Naas. Stein Naas yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. Legia Stavanger's defense didn't have a chance, in the 22nd minute, when Luciano Urki scored to the left of an out of position Stein Naas, making the score, 4-0. 24 minutes into the game, Leo Fix was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. San Lorenzo's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Legia Stavanger the free kick. In the 24th minute, Leo Fix hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 28 minutes of play, San Lorenzo's Delmiro Tabor made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stein Naas was left in no man's land by his defense there! Stein Naas didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when San Lorenzo's Arnaldo Bide shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 6-0 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 37th minute, Markus Tømmervik hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stein Naas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diego Balendin in the 39th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Celestino Toro in the 41st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Stein Naas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 43 minutes into the match, Legia Stavanger's goalkeeper Stein Naas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luciano Urki. Diego Balendin scored 7-0 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Stein Naas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 48 minutes into the match, Delmiro Tabor dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Stein Naas, 8-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 8-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Markus Tømmervik stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Diego Balendin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The San Lorenzo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 9-0. After 58 played minutes San Lorenzo got a freekick which was hit by Cipriano Abad. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arnaldo Bide in the 60th minute of play forced Legia Stavanger's goalkeeper Stein Naas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Christer Botten received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Anier Oidor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stein Naas came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by San Lorenzo's Diego Balendin. But to his dismay, Diego Balendin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 10-0. After some careless play in the San Lorenzo defense, Markus Tømmervik kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Anier Oidor. The San Lorenzo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Anier Oidor should have stopped the shot. Stein Naas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Diego Balendin went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 12-1 was the resulting score. 80 minutes had been played when some careless play by San Lorenzo's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marius Steinnes was slow to take the kick. During this time Legia Stavanger's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Legia Stavanger's corner Marius Steinnes fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Anier Oidor quite easily take care of the ball. 80 minutes into the game Marius Steinnes kicked a great long shot which passed Anier Oidor straight ahead into the goal, Result 12-2. One couldn't see Marius Steinnes behind all of his teammates who surrounded to congratulate him. Legia Stavanger's Stein Naas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Delmiro Tabor in the 87th minute of play. After 87 played minutes San Lorenzo got a freekick which was hit by Leo Fix. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arnaldo Bide in the 90th minute of play forced Legia Stavanger's goalkeeper Stein Naas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd minute Celestino Toro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stein Naas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 94 minutes into the game, Celestino Toro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 14-2. Stein Naas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Luciano Urki's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stein Naas was relentless in the 98th minute of the game.