Friendly League

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Yuan Xing Lin kicked off to start the match. In the 5th minute, Julien Staffelbach 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. In the 9th match minute, Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paul Vase to maneuver through the defense. In the 10th minute of the match Daud Kunaefi sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Roberto Eztebe skillfully saved the ball. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Keiran Tubbs, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. In the 12th minute, Keiran Tubbs left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gone With the Win fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 17thth minute of the game Yuan Xing Lin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Roberto Eztebe was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Gabriel Diaz's late challenge caught a Gone With the Win's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gabriel Diaz helped the player get up and apologised. Gabriel Diaz kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Roberto Eztebe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yuan Xing Lin in the 28th minute of play. Guido Txindoki received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. La Mano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Julien Staffelbach scored 1-1 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of La Mano, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Julien Staffelbach recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 39th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Roberto Eztebe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yuan Xing Lin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yuan Xing Lin, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Julien Staffelbach to make the kick off. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Gabriel Diaz managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Alan Everett in the 51 minute of the game. La Mano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julien Staffelbach, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 54 minutes into the match, Julien Staffelbach had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of La Mano. Gone With the Win's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Julien Staffelbach was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. After some careless play in the Gone With the Win defense, Romulo Abilio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of La Mano. The Gone With the Win fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that La Mano should have stopped the shot. La Mano came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Julien Staffelbach. But to his dismay, Julien Staffelbach quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. After 67 minutes of play, Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Romulo Abilio made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. La Mano was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gone With the Win's Stew Sykes was substituted for Daud Kunaefi. In the 76th match minute, Gone With the Win was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Corey Taylor to maneuver through the defense. La Mano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Aureliano Karlo went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. After having played for 81 minutes, Aureliano Karlo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aureliano Karlo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 88 minutes of play, Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Aureliano Karlo made it 7-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. La Mano was left in no man's land by his defense there! For all the effort they put into the match, the Gone With the Win players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ.