Friendly League

La Fortaleza
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) ATILA's Sten Vallman started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 10th minute, Bernard Zecman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ATILA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After 13 minutes of play, ATILA's Bernard Zecman made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Donato Lorenz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Placido Matro made a fantastic save in the 16th minute, when Syaiful Abidin sent off a good shot on target. 17 minutes into the match, ATILA's goal looked a bit too open when Usko Ruuttu came free, but Placido Matro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by ATILA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Usko Ruuttu was slow to take the kick. During this time Granate's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Usko Ruuttu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Placido Matro quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 20th minute, Bernard Zecman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Donato Lorenz was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. 23 minutes into the match, Granate's goal looked a bit too open when Sten Vallman came free, but Donato Lorenz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Donato Lorenz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernard Zecman in the 24th minute of play. Luisito Estevon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Placido Matro made a huge save. Placido Matro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christos Triantafyllou in the 28th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robustiano Rumaldo in the 29th minute of play forced Granate's goalkeeper Donato Lorenz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of ATILA booed when Granate was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amador Luzea didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jonatan Adrio lost his temper 32 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 32nd minute of the game. One of Granate:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of ATILA:s goal. In the 35th minute there was a penalty for ATILA. Genadi Kotrulev stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Donato Lorenz. 0-4. 46 minutes into the match, Granate's goal looked a bit too open when Sten Vallman came free, but Donato Lorenz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luisito Estevon might have been able to make a better finish in the 47th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Placido Matro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luisito Estevon ran back to his position shaking his head.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Luisito Estevon to make the kick off. Donato Lorenz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robustiano Rumaldo, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luisito Estevon in the 52nd minute of play forced ATILA's goalkeeper Placido Matro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 53rd minute of the match Granate got a corner. ATILA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Usko Ruuttu ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 64th minute, Luisito Estevon made a precise shot to the right of Placido Matro. ATILA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-4. With an all-out effort, ATILA's Donato Lorenz threw himself towards the right post 67 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Sten Vallman, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Donato Lorenz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernard Zecman, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Placido Matro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luisito Estevon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 78 minutes into the match, Granate's goalkeeper Donato Lorenz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bernard Zecman. The audience thought a goal was coming when Robustiano Rumaldo got free with Donato Lorenz in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After having played for 82 minutes, Luisito Estevon managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Granate's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luisito Estevon was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 84th minute Christos Triantafyllou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Placido Matro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jaakko Ramstadius fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Placido Matro having to interfere. The Granate supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching ATILA's performance. The match ended with a win for ATILA.