Friendly League

OldHighbury
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) RIVER's Hernan Kelemen 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. Filiph Inzaghi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mauricio Fernanco having to interfere. After a rather tough play, OldHighburyInvincibles's Cosimo Tuzzolino got a free kick in the 5th minute. In the 8th minute Filiph Inzaghi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mauricio Fernanco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mauricio Fernanco didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Filiph Inzaghi went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, OldHighburyInvincibles's Edoardo Gabriele got a free kick in the 13th minute. Cristian Jerardo was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 14th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Florian Paolucci charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Florian Paolucci the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to OldHighburyInvincibles getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Florian Paolucci hit a great ball. Mauricio Fernanco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filiph Inzaghi in the 29th minute of play. Mauricio Fernanco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filiph Inzaghi in the 30th minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, Filiph Inzaghi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mauricio Fernanco. RIVER's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Filiph Inzaghi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Filiph Inzaghi was the one to do the kick off. When Filiph Inzaghi came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the OldHighburyInvincibles 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 Filiph Inzaghi couldn't finish the play. In the 57th match minute, OldHighburyInvincibles was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aurelio Ferrante to maneuver through the defense. André Onana showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pascual Eneas, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Aurelio Ferrante hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. The corner led RIVER's Cristian Jerardo to fire away a dangerous shot which André Onana despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After a rather tough play, OldHighburyInvincibles's Aurelio Ferrante got a free kick in the 65th minute. The attack was good, but when Filiph Inzaghi in the 70th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. A collision led to OldHighburyInvincibles getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Carlo Taraborrelli hit a great ball. André Onana took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pascual Eneas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. RIVER's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cristian Jerardo in the 80th minute. After taking down the ball on RIVER's corner Cristian Jerardo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and André Onana quite easily take care of the ball. Mauricio Fernanco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filiph Inzaghi, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. André Onana made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pascual Eneas in the 85th minute of play. In the 86th minute of the match RIVER got a corner. OldHighburyInvincibles's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cristian Jerardo ran over to the corner to take the kick. OldHighburyInvincibles's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Edoardo Gabriele in the 94th minute. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The OldHighburyInvincibles fans cheered their team off the field, for while RIVER had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.