Friendly League

Capillitas
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Richard Llewellyn took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Appleshaw FC getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Danny Fawcett hit a great ball. Rogelio Rosario, 6 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 12th match minute, Appleshaw FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Danny Fawcett to maneuver through the defense. In the 13th minute, Danny Fawcett hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 15 minutes into the match, Appleshaw FC's goalkeeper Dale Hough had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bruno Bras. If Fabio Ricart had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fabio Ricart sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Christian Bakar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Richard Llewellyn, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. If Trev Lydiate had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th 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 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fabio Ricart stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Ildefonso Ebardo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Capillitas fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. After a defensive mix-up in Capillitas's zone, Richard Llewellyn stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Christian Bakar came out of the goal and Richard Llewellyn tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 57th match minute, Capillitas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Claudio Elizardo to maneuver through the defense. After 58 played minutes, Appleshaw FC's Charles Dalton shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Christian Bakar came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Appleshaw FC reached it. In the 65th minute Paul Bowler shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christian Bakar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Richard Llewellyn came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the Appleshaw 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 Richard Llewellyn couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Richard Llewellyn in the 69th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Christian Bakar saved Capillitas from getting behind. When the match had been going on for 81 minutes Trev Lydiate shot a great shot from long distance. It looked like a certain goal, but the audience witnessed a really smashing save by Christian Bakar when he caught the ball only just under the crossbar. Dale Hough showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabio Ricart in the 85th minute of the match. If Claudio Ovando had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Richard Llewellyn blasted a shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Christian Bakar having to make a save. In the 93rdth minute of the game Claudio Ovando who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Appleshaw FC's Dale Hough was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of Capillitas booed when Appleshaw FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Danny Fawcett didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 95th minute, Richard Llewellyn got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Capillitas had won after a very even match.