Friendly League

Cura Land
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Constantino Peter took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Cura del Futbol's zone, Julio De Leon stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Conrado Eron came out of the goal and Julio De Leon tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 4th minute, Julio De Leon made a precise shot to the right of Conrado Eron. Cura del Futbol's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Raul Henríguez hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Hermes Pinilla got a free kick in the 13th minute. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Milton Diaz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcial Stephen in the 19th minute of play. Carlos Bartolome hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Cura del Futbol's Conrado Eron played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julio De Leon in the 26th minute of play. Julio De Leon recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 29th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Raul Brandao in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Conrado Eron saved Cura del Futbol from getting behind. Cura del Futbol's Conrado Eron played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julio De Leon in the 34th minute of play. In the 36th match minute, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Orlando Ramos to maneuver through the defense. After 37 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for ►Las Mercedes F.C◄! The goalkeeper, Milton Diaz, was totally fooled by Cura del Futbol's Carlos Bartolome, who 39 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Constantino Peter fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Milton Diaz having to interfere. Milton Diaz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Constantino Peter in the 46th minute of the match. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Raul Brandao to make the kick off. When Carlos Bartolome fell near the penalty area in the 52nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cura del Futbol's protests and gave Carlos Bartolome a yellow card for diving instead. When the match had been going on for 54 minutes, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Heraclides Moreno got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Conrado Eron. A collision led to ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Raul Brandao hit a great ball. In the 63rd match minute, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Julio De Leon to maneuver through the defense. When Hermes Quiros was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 70 minutes had been played. Hermes Quiros hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. A collision led to Cura del Futbol getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Martin Acuña hit a great ball. Conrado Eron showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hermes Pinilla in the 76th minute of the match. Carlos Bartolome scored 2-2 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Milton Diaz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Conrado Eron showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Orlando Ramos, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Milton Diaz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marcial Stephen's shot from short distance in the 89th minute. The audience was convinced that Jimeno Millano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Milton Diaz was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.