Friendly League

ALFORNELOS ARENA
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Frederico Salazar took the kick off in the first half of the match. Dário Veríssimo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sven de Zwaan in the 6th minute of the match. Dário Veríssimo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sven de Zwaan in the 14th minute of play. In the 15th minute Sven de Zwaan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dário Veríssimo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bóas Bolas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rigoberto Nazario having to interfere. Spyros Kouklakis kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Dário Veríssimo came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by Argentinos Juniors's Petruț Fințescu. But to his dismay, Petruț Fințescu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Rigoberto Nazario didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jedrzej Bazan went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. The corner led to Argentinos Juniors's Eleuterio Milian getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. The supporters of ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC booed when Argentinos Juniors was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mats Falch didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Frederico Salazar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rigoberto Nazario was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. Bóas Bolas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 38th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Sven de Zwaan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dário Veríssimo having to make a save. 40 minutes into the match, ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's goal looked a bit too open when Sven de Zwaan came free, but Dário Veríssimo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Frederico Salazar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Celedonio Madeo charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Celedonio Madeo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Celedonio Madeo hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Rigoberto Nazario made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bóas Bolas in the 48th minute of play. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Sven de Zwaan to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th match minute, ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hasan Dokuzer to maneuver through the defense. Celedonio Madeo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Bóas Bolas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rigoberto Nazario having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sven de Zwaan got free with Dário Veríssimo in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Jedrzej Bazan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rigoberto Nazario showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jedrzej Bazan in the 67th minute of the match. Dário Veríssimo made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Sven de Zwaan sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's Dário Veríssimo got control of the ball when Sven de Zwaan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rigoberto Nazario showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bóas Bolas in the 79th minute of the match. 79 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's Frederico Salazar fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Argentinos Juniors's Saturnino Arixo was substituted for Baldomero Lucila. Rigoberto Nazario made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frederico Salazar in the 84th minute of play. Fazıl Korkutalp might have been able to make a better finish in the 86th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rigoberto Nazario. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Fazıl Korkutalp ran back to his position shaking his head. Sven de Zwaan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dário Veríssimo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 88th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Frederico Salazar in the 92nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rigoberto Nazario saved Argentinos Juniors from getting behind. 94 minutes into the match, Jedrzej Bazan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rigoberto Nazario. Argentinos Juniors's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jedrzej Bazan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Argentinos Juniors had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.