Friendly League

Gran Parque Central
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) AFC FUSION's Aureliano Karlo 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. After a rather tough play, Nacional's Grabiel Escorcia got a free kick in the 2nd minute. If Christoff Stocks had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 4th minute, Romulo Abilio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save AFC FUSION from getting a goal against them. 9 minutes into the match, Nacional's goal looked a bit too open when Romulo Abilio came free, but Cristiano Aveiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 18th minute, Romulo Abilio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 23 minutes into the game, Wojciech Fiszer was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. AFC FUSION's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Nacional the free kick. The supporters of Nacional booed when AFC FUSION was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wojciech Fiszer didn't get a good kick on the ball. Joseph Gayoso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roberto Eztebe having to interfere. Cristiano Aveiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christoff Stocks, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 31 played minutes Nacional got a freekick which was hit by Joseph Gayoso. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christoff Stocks in the 32nd minute of play forced Nacional's goalkeeper Cristiano Aveiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, AFC FUSION's Dawid Beckham got a free kick in the 38th minute. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grabiel Escorcia in the 42nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Nacional's Joseph Gayoso got a free kick in the 46th minute. Aureliano Karlo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 49th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristiano Aveiro having to interfere.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Grabiel Escorcia was the one to do the kick off. With a little luck, Nacional's Cristiano Aveiro got control of the ball when Dawid Beckham tried to sneak it across the goal line. AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grabiel Escorcia in the 54th minute of play. Cristiano Aveiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dawid Beckham, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christoff Stocks in the 59th minute of play forced Nacional's goalkeeper Cristiano Aveiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Nacional booed when AFC FUSION was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wojciech Fiszer didn't get a good kick on the ball. Christoff Stocks received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Cristiano Aveiro came out and tried to block the shot, but Christoff Stocks slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 64th minute. Nacional's Walme Yurre was substituted for Mendiko Bueres. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christoff Stocks in the 71st minute of play forced Nacional's goalkeeper Cristiano Aveiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristiano Aveiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dawid Beckham, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, AFC FUSION's Germano Bettencourt got a free kick in the 79th minute. AFC FUSION's Mario Sesuldo was substituted for Wojciech Fiszer. Nacional made a substitution. Ranolfo Piedrahita replaced Joseph Gayoso. After 80 played minutes AFC FUSION got a freekick which was hit by Germano Bettencourt. A collision led to AFC FUSION getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Jonatan Maidana hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xu Sha in the 81st minute of play forced AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roberto Eztebe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grabiel Escorcia in the 83rd minute of play. Roberto Eztebe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grabiel Escorcia in the 84th minute of play. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xu Sha in the 87th minute of the match. In the 88th match minute, Nacional was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Walme Yurre to maneuver through the defense. After 91 minutes of play, Nacional's Ekain Menendez made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roberto Eztebe was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Ranolfo Piedrahita in the 97th minute of play forced AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.