Friendly League

Hugo Omar Curto
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kacper Pozorski took the kick off in the first half of the match. Siro Menendo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kacper Pozorski's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. CACYFA's Siro Menendo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kacper Pozorski in the 7th minute of play. Siro Menendo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vidar Lustig went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. After 25 minutes of play, IFK Ranger's Vidar Lustig made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Siro Menendo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tomas Vennerlund took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentin Eutor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tomas Vennerlund showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Enrique Demesio, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Enrique Demesio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Tomas Vennerlund made a huge save. The supporters of CACYFA booed when IFK Ranger was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gustaf Boström didn't get a good kick on the ball. Siro Menendo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kacper Pozorski, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. IFK Ranger's Kacper Pozorski got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 42nd minute, Kacper Pozorski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The IFK Ranger fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. After the first half IFK Ranger were leading 0-6. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Reynaldo Lopes charged in rather forcefully in the 51st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Reynaldo Lopes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 51 minutes into the game, one of CACYFA:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 56th match minute, CACYFA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Reynaldo Lopes to maneuver through the defense. Kacper Pozorski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Siro Menendo having to interfere. Vidar Lustig's late challenge caught a CACYFA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vidar Lustig helped the player get up and apologised. In the 60th minute, Vidar Lustig hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 63rd play minutes Kacper Pozorski shot 0-8, a short shot which went by Siro Menendo and just under the crossbar into goal. Vidar Lustig received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Siro Menendo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 67 minutes into the match, Kacper Pozorski dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Siro Menendo, 0-9. Vidar Lustig fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Siro Menendo having to interfere. Kacper Pozorski received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Siro Menendo came out and tried to block the shot, but Kacper Pozorski slotted it home off the left post making it 0-10 in the 73rd minute. Kacper Pozorski's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 78thth minute, Siro Menendo skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 87 minutes into the match, Kacper Pozorski notched a goal, 0-11, to the right of CACYFA's Siro Menendo. Siro Menendo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 92nd minute, Vidar Lustig reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Siro Menendo. The goal made the score 0-12. With a little luck, CACYFA's Siro Menendo got control of the ball when Kacper Pozorski tried to sneak it across the goal line. IFK Ranger played a much better game than CACYFA and deserved their victory. The CACYFA players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.