Friendly League

Gigante A
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Ripa FC's Aldo Mannie played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Judas Verón in the 4th minute of play. 12 minutes into the match, Ripa FC's Gu Chang Peng sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bernardo Raggio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 14th minute Ripa FC were awarded a corner. Smith Wigglesworth went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Smith Wigglesworth almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Belgrano de Pibasog's Bernardo Raggio did a great save. A collision led to Belgrano de Pibasog getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Clemente Gaizkine hit a great ball. After having played for 16 minutes, Gu Chang Peng managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ripa FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gu Chang Peng was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 18 minutes into the match, Ripa FC's goal looked a bit too open when Garcia Morros came free, but Aldo Mannie reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aldo Mannie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pawel Grabowicz in the 20th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Alvaro Jakes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ripa FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Alvaro Jakes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bernardo Raggio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Judas Verón in the 30th minute of play forced Ripa FC's goalkeeper Aldo Mannie to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A throw-in in the 32nd minute of the game was made by Clemente Gaizkine with Garcia Morros as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 36th minute Gu Chang Peng shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernardo Raggio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ripa FC's Aldo Mannie played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Garcia Morros in the 43rd minute of play. Aldo Mannie didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pawel Grabowicz went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Judas Verón to make the kick off. Garcia Morros could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Aldo Mannie made a huge save. Aldo Mannie made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erasmo Jaunzuria in the 57th minute of play. In the 58th minute Magnus Löfdahl shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernardo Raggio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ripa FC's Aldo Mannie proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Ripa FC from getting a goal against them. Belgrano de Pibasog made a substitution. Timo Haydon replaced Justino Frederico. Bernardo Raggio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Tehas in the 67th minute of the match. 69 minutes into the game, Gu Chang Peng cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Bernardo Raggio was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ripa FC made a substitution. Ricardo Bochini replaced Joel Tehas. Ripa FC's Placido Pero was substituted for Alvaro Jakes. Ripa FC made a substitution. Donato Torres replaced Gu Chang Peng. Belgrano de Pibasog's Bernardo Raggio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Placido Pero in the 74th minute of play. With a little luck, Ripa FC's Aldo Mannie got control of the ball when Judas Verón tried to sneak it across the goal line. Belgrano de Pibasog's Iulian Ilinca was substituted for Judas Verón. Belgrano de Pibasog were awarded a corner in the 80th minute after Ripa FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Garcia Morros took the corner. After 81 minutes, Iulian Ilinca made it 1-4 with a short kick to the right side. Ripa FC's Aldo Mannie tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The throw-in from Mateo Lalla in the 84th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Belgrano de Pibasog's Erasmo Jaunzuria. Bernardo Raggio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricardo Bochini in the 86th minute of the match. The supporters of Belgrano de Pibasog booed when Ripa FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Braulio Emeterio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Belgrano de Pibasog's Bernardo Raggio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ricardo Bochini in the 92nd minute of play. Belgrano de Pibasog played a much better game than Ripa FC and deserved their victory. The Ripa FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.