Friendly League

Potrero Abandonado
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomás Gaizko started the match with the kick off. After having played for 9 minutes, Tomás Gaizko managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rejunte de perros's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomás Gaizko was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Marcelo Armani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victoriano Iratzeder in the 16th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Rejunte de perros's Ezequiel Ixaka got a free kick in the 16th minute. After 19 minutes 17 de enero team's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ezequiel Ixaka who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Ezequiel Ixaka almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but 17 de enero team's Zoran Simović did a great save. Marcelo Armani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Víktor Magalhães in the 21st minute of the match. In the 22nd minute, Eliézer de Carvalho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marcelo Armani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Víktor Magalhães, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcelo Armani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gamus in the 28th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Rejunte de perros defense, Víktor Magalhães kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcelo Armani. The Rejunte de perros fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcelo Armani should have stopped the shot. Seyit Sözmen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 45 minutes into the game, Víktor Magalhães cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Marcelo Armani was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Disappointed in the 0-3 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 Victoriano Iratzeder to make the kick off. Zoran Simović showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thomás Barral in the 53rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Víktor Magalhães in the 56th minute of play forced Rejunte de perros's goalkeeper Marcelo Armani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcelo Armani didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Victoriano Iratzeder went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. In the 63rd minute, Ezequiel Ixaka hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Victoriano Iratzeder got free with Marcelo Armani in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Rejunte de perros's Cheng Qian Qiang was substituted for Ezequiel Ixaka. With a little luck, Rejunte de perros's Marcelo Armani got control of the ball when Víktor Magalhães tried to sneak it across the goal line. 17 de enero team's Zoran Simović played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thomás Barral in the 77th minute of play. Marcelo Armani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gamus in the 84th minute of the match. Marcelo Armani made an important save on a dangerous shot by Victoriano Iratzeder in the 85th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victoriano Iratzeder in the 88th minute of play forced Rejunte de perros's goalkeeper Marcelo Armani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cheng Qian Qiang in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zoran Simović saved 17 de enero team from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thomás Barral in the 92nd minute of play forced 17 de enero team's goalkeeper Zoran Simović to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ivan Errolan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zoran Simović having to interfere. 17 de enero team's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.