Friendly League

El Sinsajo
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniel Barna got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in The Hanging Tree's zone, Daniel Barna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Placido Furtado came out of the goal and Daniel Barna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Gogo Tajo's late challenge caught a THE FAVOURITES's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gogo Tajo helped the player get up and apologised. When Herbert Kolba fell near the penalty area in the 14th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored THE FAVOURITES's protests and gave Herbert Kolba a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of The Hanging Tree booed when THE FAVOURITES was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Herbert Kolba didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dawid Dembowski hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Sebastian Zawada showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Atilano Richie in the 17th minute of the match. In the 23rd minute, Pablo Firme made a precise shot to the right of Sebastian Zawada. THE FAVOURITES's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Pablo Firme's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Sebastian Zawada firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 28th minute, The Hanging Tree's Pablo Firme ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Sebastian Zawada. Sebastian Zawada yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. The crowd rose to their feet as The Hanging Tree's Pablo Firme slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Sebastian Zawada. That made the score 3-0 after 37 minutes of play. The supporters of THE FAVOURITES booed when The Hanging Tree was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Delmar Markel didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of THE FAVOURITES booed when The Hanging Tree was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Delmar Markel didn't get a good kick on the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gogo Tajo was the one to do the kick off. A collision led to THE FAVOURITES getting a freekick after 50 minutes play. Daniel Barna hit a great ball. When Pablo Firme fell near the penalty area in the 54th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored The Hanging Tree's protests and gave Pablo Firme a yellow card for diving instead. After 54 played minutes The Hanging Tree got a freekick which was hit by Pablo Firme. Atilano Richie charged in rather forcefully in the 61st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Atilano Richie the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 61 played minutes The Hanging Tree got a freekick which was hit by Atilano Richie. 62 minutes into the match, The Hanging Tree's goalkeeper Placido Furtado had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Barna. 65 minutes in the game Piotr Skonieczny did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Lucjan Madajczyk. After a rather tough play, THE FAVOURITES's Dawid Dembowski got a free kick in the 66th minute. The Hanging Tree's Atilano Richie got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some careless play in the THE FAVOURITES defense, Pablo Firme kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sebastian Zawada. The THE FAVOURITES fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sebastian Zawada should have stopped the shot. In the 79th match minute, The Hanging Tree was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Florentino Dubardo to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of THE FAVOURITES booed when The Hanging Tree was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pablo Firme didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 92nd minute, Pablo Firme hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. The Hanging Tree were victorious despite being under pressure from THE FAVOURITES for much of the match.