Friendly League

Pedro Bidegain
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Gone With the Win's Yuan Xing Lin started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Yu Kun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Keiran Tubbs in the 11th minute of play. Gani Tuluk took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 14th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for La Mano. Gone With the Win's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. La Mano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abelardo Asur in the 15th minute of play. Yuan Xing Lin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Yu Kun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rory Jobson in the 23rd minute of the match. La Mano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yusuf Yazıcı, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Yuan Xing Lin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 31st minute Keiran Tubbs shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yu Kun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Keiran Tubbs in the 31st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Yu Kun saved Tio Cosme FC from getting behind. Abelardo Asur recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 34th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a little luck, Gone With the Win's La Mano got control of the ball when Yusuf Yazıcı tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 42 played minutes Tio Cosme FC got a freekick which was hit by Angel Gilesindo. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Victorino Gonzalez to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daud Kunaefi in the 51st minute of play forced Tio Cosme FC's goalkeeper Yu Kun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. La Mano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abelardo Asur, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gone With the Win's Stew Sykes was substituted for Daud Kunaefi. Yu Kun made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Keiran Tubbs sent off a good shot on target. Raul Oriol kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. Yusuf Yazıcı fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without La Mano having to interfere. With a little luck, Tio Cosme FC's Yu Kun got control of the ball when Yuan Xing Lin tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Gone With the Win getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Romeo Horado hit a great ball. With his leg Yu Kun managed to avoid a goal in the 78thth minute, when Gone With the Win's Yuan Xing Lin fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. La Mano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abelardo Asur in the 79th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yuan Xing Lin got free with Yu Kun in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Yusuf Yazıcı struck a weak shot in the 85th minute. La Mano didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tio Cosme FC. Through an outstanding action, after 88 minutes, Yu Kun successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Yu Kun made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yuan Xing Lin in the 91st minute. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.