Friendly League

Rural Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Evelio Pes started the match with the kick off. Dan Junilă made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Evelio Pes in the 4th minute of play. Reynaldo Stephen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thad Castle, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Thad Castle came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Nychyporivka Ψ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Thad Castle couldn't finish the play. Reynaldo Stephen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thad Castle in the 12th minute of the match. Freddy Pacorro made in the 15th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Duncan Hatfield however managed to control. Reynaldo Stephen made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Thad Castle sent off a good shot on target. Sten Vedholm hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Reynaldo Stephen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thad Castle in the 23rd minute of the match. Nychyporivka Ψ's Dan Junilă played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Evelio Pes in the 25th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Club Sportivo Italiano's Evelio Pes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dan Junilă narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 30 minutes into the match, Nychyporivka Ψ's goal looked a bit too open when Theo Hayles came free, but Dan Junilă reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 33rd minute Thad Castle shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Reynaldo Stephen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 37 minutes into the match, Club Sportivo Italiano's goalkeeper Reynaldo Stephen had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Thad Castle. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thad Castle in the 38th minute of play forced Club Sportivo Italiano's goalkeeper Reynaldo Stephen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thad Castle might have been able to make a better finish in the 43rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Reynaldo Stephen. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Thad Castle ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience thought a goal was coming when Thad Castle got free with Reynaldo Stephen in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Reynaldo Stephen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Thad Castle went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Thad Castle to strike the kick off in the second half. Nychyporivka Ψ's 鲁枫烽 quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Luisito Bikendi, made in the 52nd minute of the game. 53 minutes into the game, Duncan Hatfield cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Reynaldo Stephen was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Theo Hayles scored 2-1 in the 60th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dan Junilă, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Nychyporivka Ψ's Dan Junilă proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save Nychyporivka Ψ from getting a goal against them. If Theo Hayles had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 70th minute Evelio Pes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dan Junilă saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 71st minute Duncan Hatfield shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Reynaldo Stephen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Club Sportivo Italiano getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Luisito Bikendi hit a great ball. In the 75th minute, Thad Castle ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Reynaldo Stephen was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Reynaldo Stephen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Duncan Hatfield, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. 82 minutes into the match, Club Sportivo Italiano's goal looked a bit too open when Thad Castle came free, but Reynaldo Stephen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luisito Bikendi hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Reynaldo Stephen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thad Castle in the 93rd minute of play. Nychyporivka Ψ's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.