Prized/Friendly Cup

Eduardo Gallardon
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ignacio Perrando started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Enzo-Nicolás Pérez in the 3rd minute of play forced INTOCABLES 2oo4's goalkeeper Robert Bresson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. INTOCABLES 2oo4's Robert Bresson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Donato Iyan in the 5th minute of play. Cecilio Gonza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ibon Duarte in the 9th minute of the match. INTOCABLES 2oo4's Robert Bresson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ignacio Perrando in the 10th minute of play. Cecilio Gonza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Saz in the 13th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 13 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Manoj Espinosa sped through LosAndes666's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Cecilio Gonza. With an all-out effort, LosAndes666's Robert Bresson threw himself towards the right post 17 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Donato Iyan, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 21st minute Donato Iyan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robert Bresson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 22nd match minute, INTOCABLES 2oo4 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ibon Duarte to maneuver through the defense. Robert Bresson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aldo Bizen in the 25th minute. 25 minutes into the game, Ignacio Perrando lined in a short shot 1-1 behind a frustrated Robert Bresson. Donato Iyan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cecilio Gonza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arnaitz Bartumeu in the 32nd minute of play. Ignacio Perrando scored 2-1 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Robert Bresson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ignacio Perrando in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Robert Bresson prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With 38 minutes on the clock, Bill Brugmans commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 38 minutes into the game, one of INTOCABLES 2oo4:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Saz in the 44th minute of play forced LosAndes666's goalkeeper Cecilio Gonza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Arnaitz Bartumeu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Manoj Espinosa was the one to do the kick off. LosAndes666's Cecilio Gonza proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save LosAndes666 from getting a goal against them. Robert Bresson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Donato Iyan in the 56th minute of play. Alberto Saz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Cecilio Gonza made a huge save. When INTOCABLES 2oo4's Alberto Saz in the 64th minute got a chance for a shot 64th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye LosAndes666's goalie prevented a goal. In the 66th minute the ball was on its way in behind INTOCABLES 2oo4's goalkeeper Robert Bresson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. LosAndes666's Maximino Eztebe was substituted for Ignacio Perrando. LosAndes666's Bon Čáp was substituted for Donato Iyan. LosAndes666 were awarded a corner in the 69th minute after INTOCABLES 2oo4's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Enzo-Nicolás Pérez took the corner. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maximino Eztebe in the 78th minute of play forced INTOCABLES 2oo4's goalkeeper Robert Bresson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Robert Bresson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximino Eztebe in the 78th minute of the match. Robert Bresson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enzo-Nicolás Pérez in the 80th minute of the match. LosAndes666's Cecilio Gonza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lei Fan Chuan in the 82nd minute of play. In the 88th minute, Ibon Duarte hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Robert Bresson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bon Čáp, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maximino Eztebe in the 91st minute of play forced INTOCABLES 2oo4's goalkeeper Robert Bresson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95th minute, Ibon Duarte hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. INTOCABLES 2oo4's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.