Friendly League

Santiago benarbéu
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, 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. Xiao Jian Bo started the match with the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Los Galacticos's zone, Arquímedes Cesario stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zhuo Xu Xi came out of the goal and Arquímedes Cesario tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 6th minute, Arquímedes Cesario 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. In the 11th minute, Ilie Hurmuz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Timo! fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Zhuo Xu Xi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ilie Hurmuz in the 14th minute of the match. Los Galacticos's Zhuo Xu Xi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arquímedes Cesario in the 15th minute of play. Zhuo Xu Xi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franco Benvenuto in the 17th minute of the match. After 22 minutes of play, Timo!'s Ilie Hurmuz made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zhuo Xu Xi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Timo!'s Elpidio Amor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xiao Jian Bo in the 25th minute of play. In the 26th minute Xiao Jian Bo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elpidio Amor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Elpidio Amor made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Mao Xu Ang sent off a good shot on target. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Xiao Jian Bo in the 28th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Elpidio Amor saved Timo! from getting behind. 32 minutes into the match, Los Galacticos's goal looked a bit too open when Ilie Hurmuz came free, but Zhuo Xu Xi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 36 minutes into the match, Los Galacticos's goal looked a bit too open when Ilie Hurmuz came free, but Zhuo Xu Xi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Los Galacticos getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Qi Ao Lin hit a great ball. Zhuo Xu Xi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Franco Benvenuto in the 40th minute of play. Zhuo Xu Xi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arquímedes Cesario, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. In the 42nd match minute, Los Galacticos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wu Mo to maneuver through the defense. When the match clock showed 44 minutes, the score became 0-4 when Franco Benvenuto sped through Los Galacticos's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Zhuo Xu Xi. After the first half Timo! were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Franco Benvenuto was the one to do the kick off. Los Galacticos's Zhuo Xu Xi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Los Galacticos from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arquímedes Cesario got free with Zhuo Xu Xi in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Arquímedes Cesario in the 60thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Zhuo Xu Xi, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Los Galacticos's Zhuo Xu Xi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ilie Hurmuz in the 61st minute of play. Elpidio Amor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mao Xu Ang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Franco Benvenuto got free with Zhuo Xu Xi in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Zhuo Xu Xi stood somewhat misplaced when Franco Benvenuto came free in front of goal and shot 0-5 to the left of him in the 64 minute. In the 68th minute Izydor Karbowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zhuo Xu Xi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 71 minutes had been played when some careless play by Los Galacticos's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Blas Maldonado was slow to take the kick. During this time Timo!'s players had a chance to rest. Timo!'s Ilie Hurmuz got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Zhuo Xu Xi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ilie Hurmuz, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Timo!'s Elpidio Amor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mao Xu Ang in the 77th minute of play. 78 minutes into the match, Timo!'s goal looked a bit too open when Jiang Ang Xiao came free, but Elpidio Amor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 79 played minutes, Los Galacticos's Wu Mo shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Elpidio Amor 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 Los Galacticos reached it. With a little luck, Los Galacticos's Zhuo Xu Xi got control of the ball when Alexandr Lunin tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Los Galacticos getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Xiao Jian Bo hit a great ball. In the 88th minute, Arquímedes Cesario left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Timo! fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alexandr Lunin got free with Zhuo Xu Xi in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 93 minutes into the match, Ilie Hurmuz notched a goal, 0-7, to the right of Los Galacticos's Zhuo Xu Xi. Zhuo Xu Xi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The Timo! players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.