Friendly League

Silvano Tomé
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Habsburgo's Willian Pay 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. Willian Pay kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. Habsburgo's Santo Playo managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Marcial Iigo in the 8 minute of the game. 16 minutes into the match, Olli Fiedler had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Honorato Aznaro. Habsburgo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Olli Fiedler was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. With a little luck, Sportivo Luan Toro's Robert Davison got control of the ball when Willian Pay tried to sneak it across the goal line. Robert Davison didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sixto Milio went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Robert Davison came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by Habsburgo's Willian Pay. But to his dismay, Willian Pay quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. 30 minutes into the match, Habsburgo's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Fidencio came free, but Honorato Aznaro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Honorato Aznaro came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by Sportivo Luan Toro's Alberto Fidencio. But to his dismay, Alberto Fidencio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Willian Pay in the 35th minute of play forced Sportivo Luan Toro's goalkeeper Robert Davison to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jo Barone sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Willian Pay scored 3-2 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Robert Davison, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Fidencio in the 48th minute of play forced Habsburgo's goalkeeper Honorato Aznaro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Olli Fiedler to make the kick off. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by Habsburgo's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Guaberto Bento was slow to take the kick. During this time Sportivo Luan Toro's players had a chance to rest. Guaberto Bento made a great header on Sportivo Luan Toro's corner, it was just that Habsburgo's Honorato Aznaro managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 56th match minute, Habsburgo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Conrado Stanislao to maneuver through the defense. Habsburgo's Honorato Aznaro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Habsburgo from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alberto Fidencio got free with Honorato Aznaro in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 88 minutes into the match, Sportivo Luan Toro's goal looked a bit too open when Emanuel Hârșu came free, but Robert Davison reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Sportivo Luan Toro fans' excitement grew in the 93rd match minute when Sportivo Luan Toro's Martins Palermo looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene.