Friendly League

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Andrew Dalli made the kick off and thus started the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zülfü Sungur in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Roberto Eztebe saved AFC FUSION from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zülfü Sungur in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Roberto Eztebe saved AFC FUSION from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eloy Calvino in the 8th minute of play forced AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 10 minutes Esmeralda AFC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Dawid Beckham who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Romulo Abilio heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zülfü Sungur, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. 17 minutes into the match, AFC FUSION's goal looked a bit too open when Eloy Calvino came free, but Roberto Eztebe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 22nd minute the ball was on its way in behind AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrew Dalli in the 23rd minute of the match. AFC FUSION were awarded a corner in the 28th minute after Esmeralda AFC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Dawid Beckham took the corner. After taking down the ball on AFC FUSION's corner Dawid Beckham fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jorge Armani quite easily take care of the ball. Lê Yang made in the 34th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by AFC FUSION's Dawid Beckham. The audience was convinced that Aureliano Karlo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jorge Armani was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. Aureliano Karlo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jorge Armani having to make a save. Jorge Armani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aureliano Karlo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The wind increased when Aureliano Karlo made the kick off in the second half. Esmeralda AFC's Jorge Armani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aureliano Karlo in the 51st minute of play. AFC FUSION's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dawid Beckham in the 52nd minute. A well done corner resulted in Romulo Abilio drilling the ball in to score 2-0 behind Esmeralda AFC's goalkeeper. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eloy Calvino in the 57th minute of play forced AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 60th minute, Eloy Calvino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aureliano Karlo in the 61st minute of play forced Esmeralda AFC's goalkeeper Jorge Armani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 63 minutes into the game, Aureliano Karlo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Jorge Armani was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Aureliano Karlo might have been able to make a better finish in the 67th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jorge Armani. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Aureliano Karlo ran back to his position shaking his head. AFC FUSION's Wojciech Fiszer was substituted for Mario Sesuldo. Jorge Armani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aureliano Karlo in the 74th minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, AFC FUSION's Guido Txindoki sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jorge Armani narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 77thth minute of the game Zülfü Sungur who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 79th minute, AFC FUSION's Jonatan Maidana seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Jonatan Maidana the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of AFC FUSION protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Jonatan Maidana had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Esmeralda AFC made a substitution. Nicasio Fonda replaced David Banegas. In the 78th minute, one of AFC FUSION:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for AFC FUSION. Roberto Eztebe had in the 82ndth minute some difficulties stopping Devidatta Vendetta's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Dawid Beckham received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Jorge Armani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jorge Armani didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wojciech Fiszer went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. In the 96th minute the ball was on its way in behind Esmeralda AFC's goalkeeper Jorge Armani, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jorge Armani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guido Txindoki in the 97th minute of play. For all the effort they put into the match, the Esmeralda AFC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for AFC FUSION.