Friendly League

Devils Playground
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cacey Sharp got the match started through his kick off. Cornelio Asteri's late challenge caught a Zero Hedge's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cornelio Asteri helped the player get up and apologised. Zero Hedge's Cecilio Fanuco was substituted for Cacey Sharp. If Cecilio Fanuco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a little luck, Guansa's Alfonso Lauro got control of the ball when Cecilio Fanuco tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 12th minute, Cecilio Fanuco made a precise shot to the right of Alfonso Lauro. Guansa's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. In the 15th minute Cecilio Fanuco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfonso Lauro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alfonso Lauro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gottfrid Stenman, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. In the 19th minute, Cecilio Fanuco reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Alfonso Lauro. The goal made the score 3-0. In the 25th minute Higinio Cresencio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tom Wall saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 28thth minute of the game Higinio Cresencio who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Zero Hedge's Tom Wall was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cecilio Fanuco's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Alfonso Lauro read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 32nd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cecilio Fanuco in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alfonso Lauro saved Guansa from getting behind. Tom Wall made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ladislao Elodio in the 38th minute of play. 41 minutes into the match, Zero Hedge's Cecilio Fanuco sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alfonso Lauro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Zero Hedge's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Best Ibland in the 42nd minute. In the 44th minute, Cecilio Fanuco reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Alfonso Lauro. The goal made the score 4-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-1.

The wind increased when Higinio Cresencio made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Cecilio Fanuco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfonso Lauro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alfonso Lauro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cecilio Fanuco, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. After 56 minutes, Cecilio Fanuco made it 5-1 with a short kick to the right side. Guansa's Alfonso Lauro tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Alfonso Lauro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cecilio Fanuco, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. 63 minutes into the match, Guansa's goal looked a bit too open when Bubu Denat came free, but Alfonso Lauro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Guansa defense, Bubu Denat kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alfonso Lauro. The Guansa fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alfonso Lauro should have stopped the shot. In the 71st minute Cecilio Fanuco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfonso Lauro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Best Ibland hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Cecilio Fanuco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alfonso Lauro was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. In the 86th minute Cecilio Fanuco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfonso Lauro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 88th minute Cecilio Fanuco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfonso Lauro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Cecilio Fanuco managed to get in a good position for a shot. Zero Hedge's supporters rose to their feet, but Cecilio Fanuco was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alfonso Lauro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 93rdth minute of the game Cecilio Fanuco who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Guansa's Alfonso Lauro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cecilio Fanuco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Alfonso Lauro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cecilio Fanuco, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. Zero Hedge walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.