Friendly League

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Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Tango en Miami FC's Graham Kearney started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Cosa nostra Lyon's attentive Florian Lardenois managed to snatch the ball when Rudolf Sherman made a throw-in in the 3rd minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Vivien Contant's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Graig Davenport was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Rudolf Sherman made in the 8th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Cosa nostra Lyon's Tim Ménet. After having played for 10 minutes, Graham Kearney managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tango en Miami FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Graham Kearney was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Clem Fath showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Walker Elliot in the 12th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Vivien Contant's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Graig Davenport was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. Graig Davenport took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vivien Contant, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 23 played minutes Tango en Miami FC got a freekick which was hit by Emanuel Matos. Clem Fath showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Graham Kearney, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Tim Ménet hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Vivien Contant fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Graig Davenport having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Miles Person in the 33rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Clem Fath prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vivien Contant in the 36th minute of play forced Tango en Miami FC's goalkeeper Graig Davenport to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Francisco Temple had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thibault Buffiere hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. In the 45th minute, Miles Person hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Vivien Contant made a kick off. Emanuel Matos's late challenge caught a Cosa nostra Lyon's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Emanuel Matos helped the player get up and apologised. Graig Davenport had in the 53rdth minute some difficulties stopping Tim Ménet's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Tim Ménet did an outstanding performance 53 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 1-0 to the right of an irritated Graig Davenport in the goal. A collision led to Tango en Miami FC getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Rudolf Sherman hit a great ball. Cosa nostra Lyon were awarded a corner in the 61th minute after Tango en Miami FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tim Ménet took the corner. Rudolf Sherman made in the 70th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Graham Kearney. Tango en Miami FC's Graig Davenport played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vivien Contant in the 73rd minute of play. Graig Davenport showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vivien Contant in the 74th minute of the match. Graig Davenport took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vivien Contant, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Graig Davenport took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vivien Contant, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Vivien Contant in the 88th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Graig Davenport saved Tango en Miami FC from getting behind. Vivien Contant sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tango en Miami FC's Graig Davenport played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erwann Patrice in the 91st minute of play. The Cosa nostra Lyon support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.