Friendly League

ATLETICO MENDOZA
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Arturo Pirro took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Talleres de Escalada getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Andres Jusepe hit a great ball. Niceto Gutxi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arturo Pirro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Andres Jusepe's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Fausto Benino read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 10th minute of play. Niceto Gutxi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Esteve Orlandus in the 11th minute. In the 15th minute, Maximino Moise hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Raimundo Innocenzio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 28th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 32nd minute Andres Jusepe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fausto Benino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Paulino Fernendo kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Hector Ferran received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Niceto Gutxi came out and tried to block the shot, but Hector Ferran slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 43rd minute. Andres Jusepe received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Fausto Benino tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Leandro Iratxo to make the kick off. A collision led to Talleres de Escalada getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Hector Veronica hit a great ball. Andres Jusepe received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Fausto Benino tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Leandro Iratxo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Talleres de Escalada's supporters rose to their feet, but Leandro Iratxo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fausto Benino breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 62 minutes into the match, Arturo Pirro notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Talleres de Escalada's Niceto Gutxi. Niceto Gutxi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arturo Pirro in the 66th minute of play forced Talleres de Escalada's goalkeeper Niceto Gutxi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Niceto Gutxi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arturo Pirro in the 67th minute of the match. In the 67th minute of the game, Matias Txilar landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Candido Savier during the 68th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. ATLETICO MENDOZA made a substitution. Damian Kusko replaced Matias Txilar. After 68 played minutes Talleres de Escalada got a freekick which was hit by Candido Savier. When the match had gone on for 70 minutes, Arturo Pirro put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Niceto Gutxi. The audience thought a goal was coming when Leandro Iratxo got free with Fausto Benino in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 74 played minutes Talleres de Escalada got a freekick which was hit by Maximino Moise. Efrain Aritza took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 75th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Niceto Gutxi. Talleres de Escalada's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in ATLETICO MENDOZA's zone, Raimundo Innocenzio stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fausto Benino came out of the goal and Raimundo Innocenzio tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. ATLETICO MENDOZA's Arturo Pirro got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Paulino Fernendo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Niceto Gutxi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Esteve Orlandus in the 94th minute of the match. ATLETICO MENDOZA's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.