Friendly League

Hortensia12
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Agustin Iraido kicked off to start the match. After some careless play in the Hortensia FCG defense, Thomas Kourmoulis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luisito Ramirez. The Hortensia FCG fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luisito Ramirez should have stopped the shot. Hortensia FCG's Luisito Ramirez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Soulis Souanis in the 7th minute of play. Hortensia FCG's Luisito Ramirez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Prodan in the 11th minute of play. Luisito Ramirez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thomas Kourmoulis in the 14th minute of the match. In the 16th minute, Thomas Kourmoulis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The RO Army V55 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 22nd minute, Delmar Quico hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 28 minutes into the match, Hortensia FCG's goal looked a bit too open when Ntinos Bogdanos came free, but Luisito Ramirez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Marin Duna's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luisito Ramirez was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Agustin Iraido in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Helmuth Duckadam saved RO Army V55 from getting behind. 39 minutes into the match, Thomas Kourmoulis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luisito Ramirez. Hortensia FCG's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Thomas Kourmoulis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Julio Napier hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. 48 minutes into the match, Hortensia FCG's goal looked a bit too open when Marin Duna came free, but Luisito Ramirez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After the first half RO Army V55 were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Thomas Kourmoulis was the one to do the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as RO Army V55's Markos Kokotoulis slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Luisito Ramirez. That made the score 0-4 after 53 minutes of play. Luisito Ramirez made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Soulis Souanis sent off a good shot on target. 59 minutes into the match, Thomas Kourmoulis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luisito Ramirez. Hortensia FCG's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Thomas Kourmoulis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. Soulis Souanis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Luisito Ramirez made a huge save. In the 64thth minute of the game Thomas Kourmoulis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hortensia FCG's Luisito Ramirez was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Marin Duna scored 0-6 in the 66th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Luisito Ramirez, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When RO Army V55's Thomas Kourmoulis in the 74th minute got a chance for a shot 74th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Hortensia FCG's goalie prevented a goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Agustin Iraido in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Helmuth Duckadam prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 78th minute, Thomas Kourmoulis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luisito Ramirez was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7. A collision led to RO Army V55 getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Marin Duna hit a great ball. In the 92nd minute Thomas Kourmoulis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luisito Ramirez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luisito Ramirez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thomas Kourmoulis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. RO Army V55's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.