Friendly League

Carlos Cuomo
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Arsenio Cristos got the match started through his kick off. 2 minutes into the match, Estación Q.'s goal looked a bit too open when Leandro Gaufred came free, but Nemesio Cidro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 6th minute Leandro Gaufred shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nemesio Cidro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 5 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Estación Q.! Aristides Bras made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arsenio Gaspard in the 10th minute of play. After some careless play in the Estación Q. defense, Zeledon Quin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nemesio Cidro. The Estación Q. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nemesio Cidro should have stopped the shot. Teodosio Herauso's late challenge caught a Estación Q.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Teodosio Herauso helped the player get up and apologised. The audience was convinced that Isaac Nayely's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aristides Bras was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. In the 29th minute, Isaac Nayely reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Aristides Bras. The goal made the score 1-2. Arsenio Cristos scored 1-3 in the 36th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nemesio Cidro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 39 played minutes Estación Q. got a freekick which was hit by Silvio Guter. After having played for 41 minutes, Teodosio Herauso managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Caballeritos del Baile's supporters crossed their fingers, but Teodosio Herauso was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arsenio Cristos in the 46th minute of play forced Estación Q.'s goalkeeper Nemesio Cidro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Isaac Nayely made the kick off in the second half. Nemesio Cidro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leandro Gaufred in the 55th minute. If Arsenio Gaspard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Caballeritos del Baile's zone, Lucas Manny stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aristides Bras came out of the goal and Lucas Manny tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Aristides Bras came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by Estación Q.'s Arsenio Gaspard. But to his dismay, Arsenio Gaspard quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-4. After a rather tough play, Estación Q.'s Teodosio Ganix got a free kick in the 84th minute. A hard shot by Teodosio Herauso from long distance, 85 minutes into the match, got Nemesio Cidro's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. In the 91st minute, Cleto Gabino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Caballeritos del Baile walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.