Friendly League

St LuXun Park
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Candido Hendrickx started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute, Candido Hendrickx hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Garth Broughs short, quick shot in the 5thth minute got Sixto Luke to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. A sloppy throw-in by Fausto Ignazio in the 11th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Australian Youth Academy's Garth Brough. Keylor Navas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Candido Hendrickx went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Pilar FC's Godofredo Lano managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Roy Baba in the 20 minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Candido Hendrickx managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pilar FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Candido Hendrickx was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Keylor Navas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 27thth minute of the game Garth Brough who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pilar FC's Sixto Luke was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Keylor Navas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Candido Hendrickx, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Fausto Ignazio made in the 31st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Australian Youth Academy's Rufus Roach. 41 minutes into the game, Candido Hendrickx cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Keylor Navas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After the first half Pilar FC were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Garth Brough to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute Fletcher Baba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sixto Luke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 74th minute Fletcher Baba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sixto Luke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Pilar FC booed when Australian Youth Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ellis Hoskin didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guus Koole in the 81st minute of play forced Australian Youth Academy's goalkeeper Keylor Navas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82nd match minute, Australian Youth Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jason Butterfield to maneuver through the defense. 84 minutes into the game, Garth Brough cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Sixto Luke was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Sixto Luke showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Garth Brough in the 87th minute of the match. Keylor Navas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luca Langoni's shot from short distance in the 90th minute. 91 minutes into the match, Australian Youth Academy's goalkeeper Keylor Navas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luca Langoni. In the 94th minute Nicanor Illan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Keylor Navas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luca Langoni could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 97th minute of the match, but Keylor Navas made a huge save. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Pilar FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.