Friendly League

Ricardo E. Bochini
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Desislav Sergeev made the kick off and thus started the match. Desislav Sergeev struck a weak shot in the 4th minute. Pepe Santoro didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for HALO HANGZHOU. Petros Mousa's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Shi Peng Zhan firmly grabbed it by the left post. Pepe Santoro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Qian Lin Yu in the 11th minute of play. Pepe Santoro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Desislav Sergeev, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. 13 minutes into the match, HALO HANGZHOU's Lin Yu Hai sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pepe Santoro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A well-hit corner resulted in Jiang Chang Lei heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Petros Mousa's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Shi Peng Zhan firmly grabbed it by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Petros Mousa got free with Shi Peng Zhan in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 27th minute Lin Yu Hai shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pepe Santoro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 35th minute, Desislav Sergeev made a precise shot to the right of Pepe Santoro. INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. With a little luck, HALO HANGZHOU's Shi Peng Zhan got control of the ball when He Qiang tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Lin Yu Hai had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pepe Santoro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Desislav Sergeev in the 42nd minute of the match. 44 minutes had been played when some careless play by INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Wang Chen Hong was slow to take the kick. During this time HALO HANGZHOU's players had a chance to rest. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Petros Mousa made a kick off. After a rather tough play, INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's Cao Yue Zheng got a free kick in the 51st minute. After 52 played minutes, HALO HANGZHOU's Wang Chen Hong shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Pepe Santoro came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in HALO HANGZHOU reached it. Lin Yu Hai sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 54 minutes into the match, INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's goal looked a bit too open when Desislav Sergeev came free, but Pepe Santoro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 64 minutes into the match, HALO HANGZHOU's goal looked a bit too open when Petros Mousa came free, but Shi Peng Zhan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Shi Peng Zhan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Petros Mousa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pepe Santoro was a little too slow when Desislav Sergeev got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 73rd minute. The score was now 0-2. Lin Yu Hai scored 0-3 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pepe Santoro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's Cao Yue Zheng got a free kick in the 90th minute. INDEPENDIENTE FUTBOL CLUB's Pepe Santoro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Desislav Sergeev in the 92nd minute of play. Qian Lin Yu scored 0-4 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pepe Santoro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.