Friendly League

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Nils Elmhuus made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lino Rios in the 3rd minute. Lino Rios could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Nils Elmhuus made a huge save. Thiago Silva made in the 5th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Dawid Beckham. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gong Qi Fan, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gong Qi Fan, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gong Qi Fan in the 18th minute of play forced AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lino Rios might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nils Elmhuus. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lino Rios ran back to his position shaking his head. Roberto Eztebe didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gong Qi Fan went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Roberto Eztebe stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gong Qi Fan's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. After 36 played minutes AFC FUSION got a freekick which was hit by Wojciech Fiszer. In the 40th match minute, Playa Malvín was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stelian Murgu to maneuver through the defense. In the 42nd minute the ball was on its way in behind AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Roberto Eztebe stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gong Qi Fan's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The wind increased when Lino Rios made the kick off in the second half. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gong Qi Fan in the 53rd minute of the match. In the 54th minute, Lino Rios ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nils Elmhuus was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. When Thiago Silva fell near the penalty area in the 57th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AFC FUSION's protests and gave Thiago Silva a yellow card for diving instead. Thiago Silva kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. 59 minutes into the match, Playa Malvín's goal looked a bit too open when Lino Rios came free, but Nils Elmhuus reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Roberto Eztebe stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gong Qi Fan's shot from short distance in the 61st minute. Roberto Eztebe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gong Qi Fan in the 65th minute of play. Roberto Eztebe didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Playa Malvín's Gong Qi Fan shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Playa Malvín's Quinto Ampudia was substituted for Gong Qi Fan. Playa Malvín made a substitution. Sandu Mândrilă replaced Jabier Igual. In the 73rd match minute, AFC FUSION was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paul Vase to maneuver through the defense. Nils Elmhuus took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christoff Stocks, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 78th minute Lino Rios shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nils Elmhuus saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Christoff Stocks in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nils Elmhuus prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Sandu Mândrilă came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Playa Malvín 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 Sandu Mândrilă couldn't finish the play. When the final whistle sounded Playa Malvín left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than AFC FUSION.