Friendly League

Arsenio Erico
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Stone City's Carlitos Tevez 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. Maximiliano Iigo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlitos Tevez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Gabriel-Omar Batista had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Slawomir Michalski made a fantastic save in the 13th minute, when Gabriel-Omar Batista sent off a good shot on target. When Gabriel-Omar Batista came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the ★Independiente Ψ★ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Gabriel-Omar Batista couldn't finish the play. Maximiliano Iigo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlitos Tevez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlitos Tevez in the 27th minute of play forced ★Independiente Ψ★'s goalkeeper Maximiliano Iigo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Maximiliano Iigo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcelo Fero, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Gabriel-Omar Batista blasted a shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Slawomir Michalski having to make a save. Maximiliano Iigo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcelo Fero in the 34th minute of the match. 36 minutes into the match, ★Independiente Ψ★'s goal looked a bit too open when Marcelo Fero came free, but Maximiliano Iigo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Maximiliano Iigo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlitos Tevez in the 38th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel-Omar Batista in the 40th minute of play forced Stone City's goalkeeper Slawomir Michalski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Romeo Micael hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Stone City's Slawomir Michalski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Stone City from getting a goal against them. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gabriel-Omar Batista was the one to do the kick off. ★Independiente Ψ★'s Maximiliano Iigo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save ★Independiente Ψ★ from getting a goal against them. If Alfonso Musso had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 61st minute, Aras Görkem Özbey reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Maximiliano Iigo. The goal made the score 0-1. Stone City made a substitution. Marco Peru replaced Atilio Romagnoli. In the 66th match minute, Stone City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlitos Tevez to maneuver through the defense. Stone City made a substitution. Fabio Vigil replaced Laureano Herrera. A collision led to Stone City getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Carlitos Tevez hit a great ball. In the 70th minute, Gabriel-Omar Batista ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Slawomir Michalski was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the 76th match minute, ★Independiente Ψ★ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adan Aresti to maneuver through the defense. ★Independiente Ψ★'s Jay-Jay Okocha was substituted for Alfonso Musso. A collision led to ★Independiente Ψ★ getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Adan Aresti hit a great ball. Nicolas Salomon kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. Romeo Micael recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 82nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of Stone City booed when ★Independiente Ψ★ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lei Feng Ying didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 88th minute, Romeo Micael hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Adan Aresti took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 89th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Slawomir Michalski. Stone City's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 90 minutes into the game, Lei Feng Ying cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Slawomir Michalski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 93rd minute, ★Independiente Ψ★'s goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Aras Görkem Özbey fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. When Emilio Frasco fell near the penalty area in the 96th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Stone City's protests and gave Emilio Frasco a yellow card for diving instead. In the 97th minute, Emilio Frasco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The ★Independiente Ψ★ players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.