Friendly League

Estadio Granville
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Neal Messer made the kick off and thus started the match. Gonzalo Boye fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wen Yi Li having to interfere. Wen Yi Li stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Neal Messer's shot from short distance in the 9th minute. Alejandro Verdu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mauro Elazar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alejandro Verdu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mauro Elazar in the 15th minute of play. Granville were awarded a corner in the 16th minute after F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ruben Ioritz took the corner. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Esteve Lia took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Alejandro Verdu to make any attempt to save it. Esteve Lia made in the 24th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Justino Frichoso. Thanks to Granville's goalie finding himself so far out he could grab the ball Gonzalo Boye tried to make a shot after getting passed the defense. Wen Yi Li seemed to really have strength and confidence after that save. 1-2 came in the 31st minute when Gonzalo Boye all by himself managed to get straight through the defense and place the ball into the net to the right of Wen Yi Li. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Alejandro Verdu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mauro Elazar in the 36th minute of play. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Alejandro Verdu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julio Cruz in the 38th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Justino Frichoso in the 40th minute of play forced F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's goalkeeper Alejandro Verdu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 42nd minute, Neal Messer got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Wen Yi Li showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Neal Messer, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. The audience was convinced that Neal Messer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Wen Yi Li was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. Alejandro Verdu made a fantastic save in the 48th minute, when Mauro Elazar sent off a good shot on target. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The crowd rose to their feet as F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's David Ballester slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Wen Yi Li. That made the score 1-3 after 62 minutes of play. Granville's Rene Barea was substituted for Serafino Urko. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Marino Ramos was substituted for Marc Vilaplana. Alejandro Verdu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chi-Chi Branca in the 67th minute of the match. Wen Yi Li made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Ballester in the 68th minute of play. Wen Yi Li was a little too slow when David Ballester got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 69th minute. The score was now 1-4. Alejandro Verdu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rene Barea in the 78th minute of play. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Joan Puig was substituted for Antoni Villarroel. Gică Popescu hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling David Ballester in the 87th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Wen Yi Li prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 89 minutes into the match, David Ballester notched a goal, 1-5, to the right of Granville's Wen Yi Li. Wen Yi Li was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Esteve Lia hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Rene Barea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Alejandro Verdu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.