Friendly League

La Cucha
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Teodoro Cordera started the match with the kick off. Noqueces FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Leon Lauaxeta in the 8th minute. A nice corner shot did that Leon Lauaxeta got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Mías Khalifa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When Santo Blasi came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Noqueces FC 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 Santo Blasi couldn't finish the play. Igor Cordaro made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Piotr Ostrowski sent off a good shot on target. If Tincho Palermo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind Noqueces FC's goalkeeper Igor Cordaro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 40 minutes into the match, Noqueces FC's goalkeeper Igor Cordaro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tincho Palermo. Mías Khalifa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teodoro Cordera, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Teodoro Cordera blasted a shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mías Khalifa having to make a save. Igor Cordaro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tincho Palermo in the 46th minute of play. In the 47th play minute Tincho Palermo came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Igor Cordaro. 2-1. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tincho Palermo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Tincho Palermo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Igor Cordaro having to interfere. 58 minutes into the game, Simbo FC's Tincho Palermo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Igor Cordaro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. Noqueces FC's Benicio Izquierdo was substituted for Isidoro Luar. 63 minutes into the match, Simbo FC's Nestor Sancho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Igor Cordaro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 65 played minutes Noqueces FC got a freekick which was hit by Justino Kusko. Mías Khalifa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benicio Izquierdo, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Mías Khalifa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Benicio Izquierdo's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. Mías Khalifa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benicio Izquierdo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 77 minutes into the game, Miliano Sacristán cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-1. Igor Cordaro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Fernando Artaldo was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Mías Khalifa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernando Artaldo, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. In the 87th minute Miliano Sacristán shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Cordaro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 89 played minutes Noqueces FC got a freekick which was hit by Arnaldo Bastia. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miliano Sacristán in the 90th minute of play forced Noqueces FC's goalkeeper Igor Cordaro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 94 minutes into the match, Justino Kusko dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Mías Khalifa, 4-2. Simbo FC's Mías Khalifa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to save Simbo FC from getting a goal against them. When the referee ended the match the Simbo FC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.