Friendly League

El Ballenero
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lionel-Andrés Messi took the kick off in the first half of the match. Gianluca Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Taaniel Hill, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. After a rather tough play, Defensores de Lombroso's Lionel-Andrés Messi got a free kick in the 5th minute. After 9 played minutes Defensores de Lombroso got a freekick which was hit by Ubaldo Gelacio. Gianluca Buffon was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Eleuterio Sedeni. In the 16th minute Bruno Sauveur shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santiago Nataniel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 17th minute Uriel Ferrer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santiago Nataniel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 20th minute, Lionel-Andrés Messi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Defensores de Lombroso fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 23 minutes into the match, Brown Puerto Madryn's goal looked a bit too open when Bruno Sauveur came free, but Santiago Nataniel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rodrigo De Paul came free with the goalkeeper in the 31st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Gianluca Buffon could save by the left post. Santiago Nataniel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 35th minute of the match. Defensores de Lombroso's Gianluca Buffon proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save Defensores de Lombroso from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Defensores de Lombroso getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Bruno Sauveur hit a great ball. In the 38th minute, Taaniel Hill made a precise shot to the right of Gianluca Buffon. Defensores de Lombroso's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Billy Drake's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gianluca Buffon read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 41st minute of play. In the 42nd minute Brown Puerto Madryn were awarded a corner. Eleuterio Sedeni went to the cornerflag to take it. It was a well-played corner which Rodrigo De Paul managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Gianluca Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodrigo De Paul in the 46th minute of the match.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Taaniel Hill stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodrigo De Paul in the 52nd minute of play forced Defensores de Lombroso's goalkeeper Gianluca Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 56th minute Uriel Ferrer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santiago Nataniel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 59 minutes into the game, Brown Puerto Madryn's Billy Drake nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gianluca Buffon made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. The supporters of Defensores de Lombroso booed when Brown Puerto Madryn was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gerard Pique didn't get a good kick on the ball. 66 minutes into the match, Brown Puerto Madryn's goalkeeper Santiago Nataniel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lionel-Andrés Messi. Jonathan Raphael hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Brown Puerto Madryn made a substitution. Gerd Treial replaced Billy Drake. Jonathan Raphael hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. In the 70th minute of the match Eleuterio Sedeni sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Gianluca Buffon skillfully saved the ball. After 73 minutes, Lawrence Casa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Defensores de Lombroso and the Brown Puerto Madryn players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Defensores de Lombroso's Lawrence Casa got a free kick in the 73rd minute. In the 76th minute Muharrem Duman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gianluca Buffon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 76 minutes into the match, Defensores de Lombroso's goal looked a bit too open when Muharrem Duman came free, but Gianluca Buffon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gianluca Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Taaniel Hill in the 81st minute of play. Defensores de Lombroso's Gianluca Buffon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gerd Treial in the 84th minute of play. In the 87th minute Gerd Treial shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gianluca Buffon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Brown Puerto Madryn's Muharrem Duman got a free kick in the 87th minute. Sven-Ove Kjellman lost his temper 89 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ubaldo Gelacio in the 91st minute of play forced Brown Puerto Madryn's goalkeeper Santiago Nataniel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Defensores de Lombroso's Gianluca Buffon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gerd Treial in the 93rd minute of play. After 95 minutes Defensores de Lombroso's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Eleuterio Sedeni who took care of the corner kick. Brown Puerto Madryn were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Defensores de Lombroso for a fine match.