Friendly League

Giuseppe Meazza
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Manolis Kalergis made the kick off which started today's match. Anastasios Christakos came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by San Lorenzo's Arnaldo Bide. But to his dismay, Arnaldo Bide quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Luciano Urki kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Thanos Kalfoglou recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Seahawks V55's Dimitris Katsapis got a free kick in the 16th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arnaldo Bide got free with Anastasios Christakos in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 20 minutes of play, San Lorenzo's Celestino Toro made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Anastasios Christakos was left in no man's land by his defense there! 25 minutes into the match, Diego Balendin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anastasios Christakos. Seahawks V55's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Diego Balendin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. When Thanos Kalfoglou came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Seahawks V55 fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Thanos Kalfoglou couldn't finish the play. Arnaldo Bide kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. If Thanos Kalfoglou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Giannis Nekos kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. Anastasios Christakos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Balendin in the 43rd minute of the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

With a couple of smart ball manuevers Diego Balendin in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Anastasios Christakos saved Seahawks V55 from getting behind. Eugenio Furman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anastasios Christakos having to interfere. When Celestino Toro came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the San Lorenzo fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Celestino Toro couldn't finish the play. Celestino Toro took the ball and in the 64 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Anastasios Christakos. Anastasios Christakos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Celestino Toro in the 67th minute of play forced Seahawks V55's goalkeeper Anastasios Christakos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manolis Kalergis's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Anier Oidor read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 69th minute of play. In the 73rd 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: 7-0. In the 76th minute, Diego Balendin made a precise shot to the right of Anastasios Christakos. Seahawks V55's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 8-0. Thanos Kalfoglou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Giannis Nekos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 83 minutes into the match, Seahawks V55's Thanos Kalfoglou sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Anier Oidor narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Anastasios Christakos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Celestino Toro in the 84th minute of the match. 85 minutes into the match, Seahawks V55's goal looked a bit too open when Celestino Toro came free, but Anastasios Christakos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manolis Kalergis in the 87th minute of play forced San Lorenzo's goalkeeper Anier Oidor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anastasios Christakos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Diego Balendin went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 9-0 was the resulting score. Anastasios Christakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arnaldo Bide in the 92nd minute of play. San Lorenzo walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.