Friendly League

ISLAHIYE SOKAR
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Octavio Ardiles took the kick off in the first half of the match. Haroldo Pastore was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but 余义枫 showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 3 minute of play. In the 6th match minute, MFD Eindhoven was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Salvador Urtubia to maneuver through the defense. In the 9thth minute of the game Octavio Ardiles who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but islahiye spor's Rainer Seltorp was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Haroldo Pastore made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damon Harrington in the 13th minute of play. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind islahiye spor's goalkeeper Rainer Seltorp, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to MFD Eindhoven getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. León Anders hit a great ball. 24 minutes into the match, Salvador Urtubia had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rainer Seltorp. islahiye spor's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Salvador Urtubia was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Damon Harrington sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Haroldo Pastore didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kris Devine went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Haroldo Pastore was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but John-Paul Bannister showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 4-1 in the 37 minute of play. In the 40th minute Kris Devine shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haroldo Pastore saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner ended in John-Paul Bannister almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but MFD Eindhoven's Haroldo Pastore did a great save. In the 44th minute of the match islahiye spor got a corner. MFD Eindhoven's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. John-Paul Bannister ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to islahiye spor's Kris Devine getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 46th minute, Damon Harrington left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The islahiye spor fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-1. 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 5-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Kris Devine made a kick off. Alan Whieldon's late challenge caught a MFD Eindhoven's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alan Whieldon helped the player get up and apologised. In the 52nd match minute, islahiye spor was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alan Whieldon to maneuver through the defense. When 余义枫 came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the islahiye spor fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that 余义枫 couldn't finish the play. Haroldo Pastore showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from John-Paul Bannister in the 56th minute of the match. 60 minutes into the game, islahiye spor's Damon Harrington nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Haroldo Pastore made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-1. 63 minutes into the match, MFD Eindhoven's goal looked a bit too open when 余义枫 came free, but Haroldo Pastore reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 64 minutes into the match, Damon Harrington notched a goal, 7-1, to the right of MFD Eindhoven's Haroldo Pastore. Haroldo Pastore was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Damon Harrington fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Haroldo Pastore having to interfere. 69 minutes into the game, islahiye spor's Damon Harrington nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Haroldo Pastore made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-1. After a defensive mix-up in MFD Eindhoven's zone, Kris Devine stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Haroldo Pastore came out of the goal and Kris Devine tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Haroldo Pastore showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damon Harrington, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. MFD Eindhoven's Haroldo Pastore played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kris Devine in the 77th minute of play. Damon Harrington scored 9-1 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Haroldo Pastore, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 81st minute, 余义枫 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Haroldo Pastore was frozen by the shot and now it was 10-1. Haroldo Pastore came out of the goal in the 84th minute to try and stop a shot by islahiye spor's 余义枫. But to his dismay, 余义枫 quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 11-1. 87 minutes into the match, Kris Devine notched a goal, 12-1, to the right of MFD Eindhoven's Haroldo Pastore. Haroldo Pastore was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some careless play in the MFD Eindhoven defense, Damon Harrington kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Haroldo Pastore. The MFD Eindhoven fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Haroldo Pastore should have stopped the shot. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. islahiye spor fully deserved thier win.