Friendly League

Rural Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Miguel Refugio made the kick off which started today's match. Thad Castle could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but 范翀树 made a huge save. 范翀树 made a fantastic save in the 5th minute, when Duncan Hatfield sent off a good shot on target. 范翀树 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thad Castle, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 9th minute, Sten Vedholm hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 10 minutes into the match, Nychyporivka Ψ's goal looked a bit too open when Miguel Refugio came free, but Dan Junilă reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sumalao FC's 范翀树 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Sumalao FC from getting a goal against them. Thad Castle blasted a shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without 范翀树 having to make a save. Thad Castle recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 20th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Nychyporivka Ψ getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Ole-Einar Nekstad hit a great ball. Nychyporivka Ψ's Dan Junilă played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miguel Refugio in the 22nd minute of play. In the 22nd minute, Miguel Refugio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dan Junilă was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 28 minutes into the game, 鲁枫烽 cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. 范翀树 was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 33rd minute Duncan Hatfield shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 范翀树 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jessop Salah in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dan Junilă saved Nychyporivka Ψ from getting behind. Through an outstanding action, after 39 minutes, 范翀树 successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Nychyporivka Ψ were awarded a corner in the 41th minute after Sumalao FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Hasan Özpolat took the corner. After taking down the ball on Nychyporivka Ψ's corner Hasan Özpolat fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and 范翀树 quite easily take care of the ball. 42 minutes into the match, Sumalao FC's goalkeeper 范翀树 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Duncan Hatfield. In the 44th minute Nestor Ortigoza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dan Junilă saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sumalao FC were furious when Carmelo Elazar was red carded, 46 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 45th minute of the game. One of Sumalao FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Nychyporivka Ψ:s goal. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Thad Castle to make the kick off. Sumalao FC's 范翀树 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Duncan Hatfield in the 53rd minute of play. In the 54th minute Matthew Clos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dan Junilă saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 范翀树 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thad Castle in the 55th minute of play. 57 minutes into the match, Sumalao FC's goal looked a bit too open when Thad Castle came free, but 范翀树 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Duncan Hatfield might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over 范翀树. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Duncan Hatfield ran back to his position shaking his head. 范翀树 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 鲁枫烽 in the 62nd minute of the match. 范翀树 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thad Castle, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thad Castle fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 范翀树 having to interfere. Sumalao FC's 范翀树 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Duncan Hatfield in the 70th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thad Castle in the 72nd minute of play forced Sumalao FC's goalkeeper 范翀树 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 范翀树 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Duncan Hatfield, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 77 minutes of play, Nychyporivka Ψ's Thad Castle made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 范翀树 was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thad Castle recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 范翀树 came out of the goal in the 85th minute to try and stop a shot by Nychyporivka Ψ's Duncan Hatfield. But to his dismay, Duncan Hatfield quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Duncan Hatfield in the 90th minute of play forced Sumalao FC's goalkeeper 范翀树 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 97 minutes into the match, Thad Castle had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 范翀树. Sumalao FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Thad Castle was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. Sumalao FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.