Friendly League

Toca dos Gatos
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Maximo Villamarin started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Red Reign getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Lopez Portanares hit a great ball. In the 5th minute, Red Reign's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Paulo José da Mata fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 8th minute, Maximo Villamarin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Emanuel Van Hoeij was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Paulo José da Mata got free with Dawid Ratulowski in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 13th minute of the match, Claudinei Linares tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Dawid Ratulowski saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Dawid Ratulowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claudinei Linares in the 14th minute of play. Emanuel Van Hoeij showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maximo Villamarin, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Paulo José da Mata could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Dawid Ratulowski made a huge save. 17 minutes into the match, Maximo Villamarin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Emanuel Van Hoeij. THANDERA® FCCMZ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Maximo Villamarin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Emanuel Van Hoeij showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zigor Ardanza, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Dawid Ratulowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudinei Linares in the 28th minute of the match. Emanuel Van Hoeij showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maximo Villamarin, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Paulo José da Matas short, quick shot in the 32ndth minute got Dawid Ratulowski to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 33rd minute THANDERA® FCCMZ were awarded a corner. Lukas De Smet went to the cornerflag to take it. 36 minutes into the match, Red Reign's Maximo Villamarin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Emanuel Van Hoeij narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Red Reign's Maximo Villamarin in the 41st minute got a chance for a shot 41st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye THANDERA® FCCMZ's goalie prevented a goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Claudinei Linares stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Dawid Ratulowski didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when THANDERA® FCCMZ's Lukas De Smet shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-4 in the ordered_time% minute. Lopez Portanares sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 59th minute Maximo Villamarin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emanuel Van Hoeij saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Maximo Villamarin scored 1-6 in the 66th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Emanuel Van Hoeij, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dawid Ratulowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulo José da Mata, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Maximo Villamarin got free with Emanuel Van Hoeij in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 71 minutes into the game, Lukas De Smet was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. THANDERA® FCCMZ's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Red Reign the free kick. In the 71st minute, Lukas De Smet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Red Reign made a substitution. Derlis Florentin replaced Zigor Ardanza. After 73 played minutes THANDERA® FCCMZ got a freekick which was hit by Lukas De Smet. In the 75th minute Lukas De Smet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dawid Ratulowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maximo Villamarin in the 77th minute of play forced THANDERA® FCCMZ's goalkeeper Emanuel Van Hoeij to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Maximo Villamarin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Emanuel Van Hoeij made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maximo Villamarin in the 79th minute of play. After having played for 86 minutes, Maximo Villamarin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Red Reign's supporters crossed their fingers, but Maximo Villamarin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Cássio Marques made in the 91st minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Lukas De Smet however managed to control. In the 94th minute Maximo Villamarin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emanuel Van Hoeij saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dawid Ratulowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lukas De Smet in the 95th minute of play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Red Reign eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.