Friendly League

ACRUX
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Danilo Milian took the kick off in the first half of the match. Anibal Egoitz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adilson Tepedino in the 4th minute of the match. 5 minutes into the match, El Retorno de Palermo's goal looked a bit too open when Adilson Tepedino came free, but Anibal Egoitz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Afonso in the 7th minute of play forced JS 22's goalkeeper Robert Steffens to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 10th minute Adilson Tepedino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anibal Egoitz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Robert Steffens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Afonso in the 11th minute of the match. Tom Walton could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Anibal Egoitz made a huge save. Anibal Egoitz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tom Walton in the 18th minute of play. Vicente Bakar's late challenge caught a JS 22's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vicente Bakar helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to El Retorno de Palermo getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Vicente Bakar hit a great ball. Anibal Egoitz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adilson Tepedino, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Robert Steffens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Danilo Milian in the 22nd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arnulfo Tancredo got free with Anibal Egoitz in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. El Retorno de Palermo's Anibal Egoitz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Barnaba Kilarski in the 25th minute of play. Arnulfo Tancredo came free with the goalkeeper in the 26th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Anibal Egoitz could save by the left post. Anibal Egoitz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Adilson Tepedino's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. Anibal Egoitz made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Tom Walton sent off a good shot on target. When JS 22's Barnaba Kilarski in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye El Retorno de Palermo's goalie prevented a goal. 35 minutes into the match, El Retorno de Palermo's goalkeeper Anibal Egoitz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Arnulfo Tancredo. Anibal Egoitz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Barnaba Kilarski in the 37th minute of the match. Anibal Egoitz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ubaldo Ostots in the 38th minute of the match. Barnaba Kilarski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anibal Egoitz having to interfere. 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. Arnulfo Tancredo was the one to do the kick off. Barnaba Kilarski scored 2-0 in the 51st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Anibal Egoitz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a little luck, JS 22's Robert Steffens got control of the ball when Angelino Bernard tried to sneak it across the goal line. 57 minutes into the match, JS 22's goal looked a bit too open when Julian Afonso came free, but Robert Steffens reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 58 minutes of play, JS 22's Tom Walton made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Anibal Egoitz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Anibal Egoitz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnulfo Tancredo in the 62nd minute of the match. Anibal Egoitz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tom Walton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the El Retorno de Palermo defense, Tom Walton kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Anibal Egoitz. The El Retorno de Palermo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Anibal Egoitz should have stopped the shot. Robert Steffens made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Angelino Bernard sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Barnaba Kilarski in the 70th minute of play forced El Retorno de Palermo's goalkeeper Anibal Egoitz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd minute Barnaba Kilarski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anibal Egoitz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anibal Egoitz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ubaldo Ostots in the 75th minute of play. The supporters of El Retorno de Palermo booed when JS 22 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arnulfo Tancredo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Anibal Egoitz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arnulfo Tancredo went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Gaspar Beturian kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. In the 85th minute of the match Arnulfo Tancredo shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Anibal Egoitz showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Adilson Tepedino scored 6-0 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Anibal Egoitz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Anibal Egoitz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tom Walton in the 92nd minute of play. After having played for 95 minutes, Tom Walton managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. JS 22's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tom Walton was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. JS 22 walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.