Friendly League

El Carrizal
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Darryl Buckner made the kick off which started today's match. Darryl Buckner blasted a shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nestor Cortez having to make a save. Nestor Cortez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Darryl Buckner, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. A collision led to Lobos de Carelia getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Xu Ran Zhen hit a great ball. Nestor Cortez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leopoldo Rosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. After having played for 8 minutes, Darryl Buckner managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Dep Colonia Avellaneda's supporters crossed their fingers, but Darryl Buckner was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Darryl Buckner might have been able to make a better finish in the 11th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nestor Cortez. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Darryl Buckner ran back to his position shaking his head. Nestor Cortez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Darryl Buckner, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Nestor Cortez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Darryl Buckner in the 13th minute of the match. Victoriano Bernaldo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eusebio Rios in the 21st minute of play. In the 23rd minute Cristobal Lia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victoriano Bernaldo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Santo Libertad's late challenge caught a Lobos de Carelia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Santo Libertad helped the player get up and apologised. After 26 played minutes Dep Colonia Avellaneda got a freekick which was hit by Santo Libertad. Victoriano Bernaldo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Prospero Perico, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lobos de Carelia's Cristobal Lia got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Darryl Buckner had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Lobos de Carelia's Nestor Cortez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Darryl Buckner in the 33rd minute of play. After some careless play in the Lobos de Carelia defense, Leopoldo Rosa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nestor Cortez. The Lobos de Carelia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nestor Cortez should have stopped the shot. Nestor Cortez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Darryl Buckner in the 43rd minute of play. In the 46th minute there was a penalty for Dep Colonia Avellaneda. Santo Libertad stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Nestor Cortez. 0-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Prospero Perico stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Victoriano Bernaldo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Prospero Perico in the 60th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Darryl Buckner got free with Nestor Cortez in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nestor Cortez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Darryl Buckner went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Victoriano Bernaldo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristobal Lia, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Leopoldo Rosa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Lobos de Carelia's Pavao Zadro was substituted for Cristobal Lia. Nestor Cortez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Darryl Buckner in the 78th minute. 79 minutes into the match, Dep Colonia Avellaneda's goal looked a bit too open when Eusebio Rios came free, but Victoriano Bernaldo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Darryl Buckner's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nestor Cortez read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 83rd minute of play. In the 85th minute, Darryl Buckner made a precise shot to the right of Nestor Cortez. Lobos de Carelia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. Prospero Perico sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match was over Dep Colonia Avellaneda could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Lobos de Carelia throughout the match.