Friendly League

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Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Cipriano Stanislao started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 2nd minute, Amancio Ceandro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 3rd minute of the match Yin Ting Song shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Teodosio Nicholas showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Timo!'s Teodosio Nicholas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xie Yue Chao in the 8th minute of play. In the 12th minute, Timo!'s goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Xie Yue Chao fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 18th minute Xie Yue Chao shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Teodosio Nicholas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After taking down the ball on Los Galacticos's corner Guo Xiong Gang fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Teodosio Nicholas quite easily take care of the ball. Timo!'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 22nd minute, when Edwin 雷远 scored to the left of an out of position Teodosio Nicholas, making the score, 1-0. After a rather tough play, Timo!'s Ricardo Txatxu got a free kick in the 25th minute. In the 28th minute Cipriano Stanislao shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jiang Liang Ting saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cipriano Stanislao in the 30th minute of play forced Los Galacticos's goalkeeper Jiang Liang Ting to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jiang Ang Xiao got free with Teodosio Nicholas in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 34th minute, Júlían Kmet 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. Timo!'s Cipriano Stanislao got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Teodosio Nicholas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edwin 雷远, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 47 minutes, Teodosio Nicholas successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Edwin 雷远 to make the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Xie Yue Chao in the 51st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Teodosio Nicholas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Timo!'s Teodosio Nicholas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jiang Ang Xiao in the 53rd minute of play. Teodosio Nicholas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Xie Yue Chao went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the Timo! defense, Edwin 雷远 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Teodosio Nicholas. The Timo! fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Teodosio Nicholas should have stopped the shot. After 75 minutes, Cristo Piarres mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Timo! and the Los Galacticos players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 75th minute, Cristo Piarres hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 80 minutes into the match, Timo!'s goal looked a bit too open when Xie Yue Chao came free, but Teodosio Nicholas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xie Yue Chao in the 86th minute of play forced Timo!'s goalkeeper Teodosio Nicholas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Teodosio Nicholas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guo Xiong Gang, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Teodosio Nicholas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edwin 雷远, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 91 played minutes Los Galacticos got a freekick which was hit by Wei Feng Kun. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Los Galacticos had won after a very even match.