Friendly League

Joaquin F. A Delgado
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Christijan Oss made the kick off which started today's match. In the 5th minute Otto Olfers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abelardo George saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ismael Llanos got a throw-in 6 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Ruperto Romo. David Stout took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aquilino Richie, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind COSQUIN SFC's goalkeeper Abelardo George, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Abelardo George made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christijan Oss in the 17th minute of play. Harris Wijkstra was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 24 minutes into the match. 23 minutes into the game, one of Decathlon Dudes:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 34th minute, Aquilino Richie reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of David Stout. The goal made the score 1-0. In the 40th minute Alfred Brandsma shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abelardo George saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abelardo George showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christijan Oss, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. After 46 minutes of play, Decathlon Dudes's Christijan Oss made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Abelardo George was left in no man's land by his defense there! After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jeronimo Gitano to strike the kick off in the second half. David Stout made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aquilino Richie in the 57th minute of play. Christijan Oss could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Abelardo George made a huge save. If Christijan Oss had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abelardo George made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diderik Dirks in the 65th minute of play. Anacleto Cloyo hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. In the 68th minute of the match Ralf Hoekstra sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Abelardo George skillfully saved the ball. In the 76th match minute, Decathlon Dudes was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfred Brandsma to maneuver through the defense. Willem Landzaat fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abelardo George having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eustacio Mitxaut in the 80th minute of play forced Decathlon Dudes's goalkeeper David Stout to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Youri Pronk's late challenge caught a COSQUIN SFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Youri Pronk helped the player get up and apologised. COSQUIN SFC's Marcial Txeru was substituted for Teodoro Lopez. After 86 played minutes Decathlon Dudes got a freekick which was hit by Youri Pronk. The audience was convinced that Diderik Dirks's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abelardo George was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Christijan Oss in the 95th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Abelardo George prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.