Friendly League

Estadio las Palmeras
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Stone City's André-Pierre Gignac 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. Gilbert Godefroids short, quick shot in the 12thth minute got Roch Grondzki to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's Ferdinand Luca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by André-Pierre Gignac in the 13th minute of play. With a little luck, Stone City's Roch Grondzki got control of the ball when Dave Signoretti tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aras Görkem Özbey in the 16th minute of play forced SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's goalkeeper Ferdinand Luca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ferdinand Luca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aras Görkem Özbey in the 18th minute of the match. Ferdinand Luca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aras Görkem Özbey, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. 19 minutes into the match, SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's Dave Signoretti sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roch Grondzki narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 22nd minute Aras Görkem Özbey shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ferdinand Luca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A hard shot 25 in the game by Gilbert Godefroid from a close distance when the talented Roch Grondzki managed to make a qualified save. Stone City's players were relieved. An unexpectedly hard shot by Berndt Edelweiss in the 26th minute of play forced SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's goalkeeper Ferdinand Luca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stone City's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Marcelo Fero in the 29th minute. Ferdinand Luca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from André-Pierre Gignac in the 30th minute of play. 33 minutes into the match, Marcelo Fero had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ferdinand Luca. SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marcelo Fero was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Stone City's Tasos Fasoulas was substituted for André-Pierre Gignac. Stone City made a substitution. Ulises Curcio replaced Marcelo Fero. Ferdinand Luca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tasos Fasoulas in the 38th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dave Signoretti in the 42nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Roch Grondzki saved Stone City from getting behind. The corner led to SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's Valeryan Bochkin getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. If Tasos Fasoulas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 47 minutes into the match, SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's goal looked a bit too open when Tasos Fasoulas came free, but Ferdinand Luca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The wind increased when Froilan Donostia made the kick off in the second half. SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's Ferdinand Luca proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 50th minute of the match, managed to save SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV from getting a goal against them. 54 minutes into the match, SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's goalkeeper Ferdinand Luca had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tasos Fasoulas. In the 59th minute, Tasos Fasoulas reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ferdinand Luca. The goal made the score 0-2. Fabio Vigil kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Roch Grondzki came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's Dave Signoretti. But to his dismay, Dave Signoretti quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's Mats Linqvist was substituted for Gilbert Godefroid. SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's Francesco Abbagnale was substituted for Mehmet Arif Tunçaslan. In the 70th match minute, Stone City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ulises Curcio to maneuver through the defense. Roch Grondzki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mats Linqvist in the 74th minute of the match. Ferdinand Luca made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Romeo Micael sent off a good shot on target. After 84 played minutes Stone City got a freekick which was hit by Turgut Kocak. Mats Linqvist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ferdinand Luca came out of the goal in the 91st minute to try and stop a shot by Stone City's Tasos Fasoulas. But to his dismay, Tasos Fasoulas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Stone City walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.