Friendly League

Helenas Park
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Aureliano Karlo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Pontus Nordström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aureliano Karlo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Igor Furtado made in the 6th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by AFC FUSION's Wojciech Fiszer. Santa Margarita's Pontus Nordström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aureliano Karlo in the 7th minute of play. Pontus Nordström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aureliano Karlo in the 9th minute of the match. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by Santa Margarita's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dawid Beckham was slow to take the kick. During this time AFC FUSION's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on AFC FUSION's corner Romulo Abilio fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Pontus Nordström quite easily take care of the ball. Santa Margarita's Pontus Nordström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aureliano Karlo in the 13th minute of play. Aureliano Karlo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pontus Nordström read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 15th minute of play. After 16 minutes Santa Margarita's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Dawid Beckham who took care of the corner kick. The corner led AFC FUSION's Dawid Beckham to fire away a dangerous shot which Pontus Nordström despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Romulo Abilio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Pontus Nordström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gerardo Lordi got free with Roberto Eztebe in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Aaron Mikolas kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. Pontus Nordström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dawid Beckham in the 26th minute of play. In the 27th minute, Witomir Pisarczyk fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Igor Furtado got a throw-in 29 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Gerardo Lordi. AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save AFC FUSION from getting a goal against them. Santa Margarita's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Eduardo De Francesco in the 32nd minute. Eduardo De Francesco made a great header on Santa Margarita's corner, it was just that AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe managed to reach the ball for a save. After 35 minutes of play, AFC FUSION's Aureliano Karlo made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pontus Nordström was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Aureliano Karlo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pontus Nordström was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Aureliano Karlo in the 40th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pontus Nordström prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Pontus Nordström came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by AFC FUSION's Aureliano Karlo. But to his dismay, Aureliano Karlo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Witomir Pisarczyk in the 44th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Witomir Pisarczyk got free with Roberto Eztebe in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Santa Margarita were awarded a corner in the 48th minute after AFC FUSION's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Eduardo De Francesco took the corner. The corner ended in Eduardo De Francesco almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe did a great save.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gerardo Lordi to strike the kick off in the second half. Roberto Eztebe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerardo Lordi in the 53rd minute of play. Roberto Eztebe came out of the goal in the 55th minute to try and stop a shot by Santa Margarita's Gerardo Lordi. But to his dismay, Gerardo Lordi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andréas Hasselqvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. 60 minutes into the match, Santa Margarita's goal looked a bit too open when Aureliano Karlo came free, but Pontus Nordström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gerardo Lordi, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Witomir Pisarczyk in the 71st minute of play forced AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 75 minutes into the match, Andréas Hasselqvist notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe. Roberto Eztebe was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Santa Margarita made a substitution. Elmo Jaanovits replaced Gerardo Lordi. Through an outstanding action, after 80 minutes, Pontus Nordström successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 81st minute of the match AFC FUSION got a corner. Santa Margarita's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dawid Beckham ran over to the corner to take the kick. Pontus Nordström made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Aureliano Karlo sent off a good shot on target. Eduardo De Francesco hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. After 89 minutes of play, Santa Margarita's Elmo Jaanovits made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roberto Eztebe was left in no man's land by his defense there! Roberto Eztebe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elmo Jaanovits, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Santa Margarita's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.