Friendly League

Roberto H. Pizzio
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alesandro Del Piero got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alesandro Del Piero in the 4th minute of play forced GREEK ARMY's goalkeeper David Stockdale to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by GREEK ARMY's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fermin Baladi was slow to take the kick. During this time Gคгςђ๏Ŧค's players had a chance to rest. Ovadia Kraft hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. After 10 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for GREEK ARMY! David Stockdale had in the 12thth minute some difficulties stopping Alesandro Del Piero's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. David Stockdale didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alesandro Del Piero went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. 24 minutes into the game, Alesandro Del Piero cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. David Stockdale was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Alesandro Del Piero had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Vassilis Lazarakis made in the 32nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Kasper Elssen however managed to control. After a rather tough play, GREEK ARMY's Vassilis Lazarakis got a free kick in the 37th minute. David Stockdale showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alesandro Del Piero, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Gคгςђ๏Ŧค were awarded a corner in the 40th minute after GREEK ARMY's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Fermin Baladi took the corner. At last the ball reached Fermin Baladi at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of GREEK ARMY. 3-0. 45 minutes into the match, GREEK ARMY's Grigoris Karagiotakis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arturo Lopez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alesandro Del Piero in the 47th minute of play forced GREEK ARMY's goalkeeper David Stockdale to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

In the 51st minute, Battle Muller got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 52nd minute, Alesandro Del Piero got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Arturo Lopez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grigoris Karagiotakis in the 55th minute of play. 61 minutes into the match, Nicolas Venerando notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of GREEK ARMY's David Stockdale. David Stockdale was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. GREEK ARMY's David Stockdale played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Battle Muller in the 63rd minute of play. Gคгςђ๏Ŧค were awarded a corner in the 64th minute after GREEK ARMY's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Fermin Baladi took the corner. A sloppy throw-in by Vassilis Lazarakis in the 69th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Gคгςђ๏Ŧค's Yaniusky Abel. In the 69th minute, Alesandro Del Piero left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gคгςђ๏Ŧค fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. David Stockdale came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by Gคгςђ๏Ŧค's Alesandro Del Piero. But to his dismay, Alesandro Del Piero quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. In the 78th match minute, GREEK ARMY was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vassilis Lazarakis to maneuver through the defense. Alesandro Del Piero's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but David Stockdale read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 87th minute of play. Alesandro Del Piero recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 92nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Grigoris Karagiotakis kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Arturo Lopez. That made the score 7-1 in the 93 minute of play. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Gคгςђ๏Ŧค had played much better football throughout.