Friendly League

La Bombonera
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when David de Alcântara took the kick off in the first half of the match. 5 minutes into the match, Sporting de Gijón's goal looked a bit too open when David de Alcântara came free, but Óscar Cordoba reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sporting de Gijón's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gavino Lobo was slow to take the kick. During this time 26 de junio's players had a chance to rest. Donato Cutberto didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Venancio Emesto went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. In the 20th minute, Kauan de Barros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Óscar Cordoba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David de Alcântara in the 21st minute of the match. After 27 played minutes 26 de junio got a freekick which was hit by Jaime Pombal. The audience held their breath when Saturnino Curcio in the 29th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Donato Cutberto's left hand side. In the 32nd match minute, 26 de junio was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jaime Pombal to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, 26 de junio's Donato Cutberto got control of the ball when Venancio Emesto tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Matias Bilintx came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Sporting de Gijón fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Matias Bilintx couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by David de Alcântara in the 41st minute of play forced Sporting de Gijón's goalkeeper Óscar Cordoba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 43 minutes, Eustaquio Txaran mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 26 de junio and the Sporting de Gijón players grew even worse after the yellow card. Kauan de Barros kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Matias Bilintx was the one to do the kick off. Óscar Cordoba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David de Alcântara in the 59th minute of the match. Óscar Cordoba made an important save on a dangerous shot by David de Alcântara in the 61st minute. 26 de junio's David de Alcântara got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in 26 de junio's zone, Saturnino Curcio stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Donato Cutberto came out of the goal and Saturnino Curcio tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 74 minutes of play, Sporting de Gijón's Matias Bilintx made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Donato Cutberto was left in no man's land by his defense there! 26 de junio's Donato Cutberto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego Maradona in the 89th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diego Maradona in the 91st minute of play forced 26 de junio's goalkeeper Donato Cutberto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When David de Alcântara came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the 26 de junio fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that David de Alcântara couldn't finish the play. Sporting de Gijón's Mario Zanabria was substituted for Venancio Emesto. Sporting de Gijón's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.