Friendly League

Bellerive
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Richard Scholten kicked off to start the match. In the 4th match minute, Elizabeth Three Lions FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniel Dragnev to maneuver through the defense. Jesus Satordi made a fantastic save in the 6th minute, when Nichol Clark sent off a good shot on target. 9 minutes into the match, Richard Scholten had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ariel Bingen. BES MUDI BANDITS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Richard Scholten was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. When Stewart Watson fell near the penalty area in the 16th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored BES MUDI BANDITS's protests and gave Stewart Watson a yellow card for diving instead. In the 17th minute, Ed Moore left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Elizabeth Three Lions FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Stewart Watson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Jesus Satordi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Elizabeth Three Lions FC getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Alastair Howson hit a great ball. In the 25th minute Cvetin Luković shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ariel Bingen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ariel Bingen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Richard Scholten in the 26th minute of the match. Ariel Bingen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michail Antonio, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Jesus Satordi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nichol Clark in the 29th minute of play. A collision led to Elizabeth Three Lions FC getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Richard Butler hit a great ball. Ariel Bingen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Richard Scholten in the 38th minute of the match. Richard Butler took the ball and in the 40 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ariel Bingen. Ariel Bingen dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. After 43 minutes of play, Elizabeth Three Lions FC's Richard Butler made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ariel Bingen was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ariel Bingen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Richard Scholten in the 46th minute of play. Todd Crampton hit a great freekick 49 minutes into the match. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nichol Clark to make the kick off. With a little luck, BES MUDI BANDITS's Ariel Bingen got control of the ball when Gerry Pullen tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ariel Bingen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cvetin Luković in the 54th minute of play. Ariel Bingen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cvetin Luković in the 56th minute of play. BES MUDI BANDITS's Ariel Bingen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save BES MUDI BANDITS from getting a goal against them. 64 minutes into the game, Elizabeth Three Lions FC's Cvetin Luković nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ariel Bingen made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Richard Scholten in the 67th minute of play forced BES MUDI BANDITS's goalkeeper Ariel Bingen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nichol Clark received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Jesus Satordi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. BES MUDI BANDITS's Ariel Bingen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Richard Scholten in the 72nd minute of play. 73 minutes into the game, Gerry Pullen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Ariel Bingen was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ariel Bingen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Richard Scholten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 79th minute, Cvetin Luković ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ariel Bingen was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-8. The audience was convinced that Cvetin Luković's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ariel Bingen was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. After having played for 88 minutes, Nichol Clark managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BES MUDI BANDITS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nichol Clark was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 91st match minute, BES MUDI BANDITS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlos Allan to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Paul Wilson during the 92nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, BES MUDI BANDITS's Carl Sparrow got a free kick in the 94th minute. Elizabeth Three Lions FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.