Friendly League

Estadio Lionel Messi
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Al-Femur FC's Román Riquelme 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. Jesus Pepillo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kip William in the 2nd minute of play. In the 4th minute La Acade were awarded a corner. Teófilo Amaro went to the cornerflag to take it. Jesus Pepillo came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by La Acade's Kip William. But to his dismay, Kip William quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Jesus Pepillo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kip William in the 9th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kip William in the 19th minute of play forced Al-Femur FC's goalkeeper Jesus Pepillo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Blas Aritza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joaquin Ponc, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Blas Aritza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bonifacio Dimo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Al-Femur FC's Jesus Pepillo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kip William in the 27th minute of play. Blas Aritza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Román Riquelme, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd minute La Acade were awarded a corner. Teófilo Amaro went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on La Acade's corner Shao Zhou fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jesus Pepillo quite easily take care of the ball. Leonard Lamczyk took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jesus Pepillo. Jesus Pepillo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. If Kip William had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 42nd minute Kip William shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jesus Pepillo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kip William to make the kick off. Blas Aritza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Román Riquelme, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 61 minutes, Kip William put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Jesus Pepillo. 64 minutes into the match, Al-Femur FC's goalkeeper Jesus Pepillo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vladimiro Sazon. Thanks to some nice moves Kip William could shoot a difficult shot in the 66th minute, which Jesus Pepillo however easily saved by the left post. In the 67th minute, Román Riquelme left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Al-Femur FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kip William got free with Jesus Pepillo in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kip William didn't miss a given chance and shot in short distance 1-4 via right post in the game's 74th minute. La Acade's supporters showed their exhuberating excitement! La Acade's Felipe Saturnin was substituted for Kip William. Nicolás Tagliafico hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Al-Femur FC's Jesus Pepillo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felipe Saturnin in the 84th minute of play. Jesus Pepillo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Felipe Saturnin in the 87th minute. Jesus Pepillo was a little too slow when Felipe Saturnin got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 90th minute. The score was now 1-5. In the 92nd match minute, Al-Femur FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joaquin Ponc to maneuver through the defense. When the match was over La Acade could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Al-Femur FC throughout the match.