Friendly League

La Bombonera
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Matias Bilintx got the match started through his kick off. 2 minutes into the game, one of Sporting de Gijón:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After 17 minutes of play, Tigres Ñacuñán FC's Sinan Okergun made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Óscar Cordoba was left in no man's land by his defense there! Eloy Mazuste took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Diego Maradona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 22 minutes into the match, Tigres Ñacuñán FC's Mariano Llorian sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Óscar Cordoba narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Mariano Llorian hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. In the 30th minute Sinan Okergun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Óscar Cordoba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Sporting de Gijón made a substitution. Wayne Rooney replaced Alejandro Rufo. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Christian Bergqvist stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice moves Mariano Llorian could shoot a difficult shot in the 53rd minute, which Óscar Cordoba however easily saved by the left post. In the 54th match minute, Sporting de Gijón was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Maradona to maneuver through the defense. Óscar Cordoba showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mariano Llorian, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Óscar Cordoba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sinan Okergun in the 58th minute of the match. In the 59th minute of the match Tigres Ñacuñán FC got a corner. Sporting de Gijón's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Andres Pitin ran over to the corner to take the kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wayne Rooney in the 62nd minute of play forced Tigres Ñacuñán FC's goalkeeper Eloy Mazuste to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 62nd match minute, Tigres Ñacuñán FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mariano Llorian to maneuver through the defense. Diego Maradona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wayne Rooney in the 70th minute of play forced Tigres Ñacuñán FC's goalkeeper Eloy Mazuste to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Diego Maradona managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sporting de Gijón's supporters rose to their feet, but Diego Maradona was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eloy Mazuste breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Eloy Mazuste didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Diego Maradona went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. Sporting de Gijón's Mario Zanabria was substituted for Venancio Emesto. Christian Bergqvist kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Christian Bergqvists short, quick shot in the 88thth minute got Óscar Cordoba to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Frans Pedolles was shown his second yellow card after 93 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. A collision led to Tigres Ñacuñán FC getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Frans Pedolles hit a great ball. Tigres Ñacuñán FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.