Friendly League

Alfredo Di Stéfano
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Turgay Hafi started the match with the kick off. In the 5th minute, Turgay Hafi reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Armando Paredes. The goal made the score 1-0. Ciro Nerio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Delmiro Donostia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ciro Nerio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ernest Ponta, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Turgay Hafi might have been able to make a better finish in the 12th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Armando Paredes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Turgay Hafi ran back to his position shaking his head. Turgay Hafi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Armando Paredes made a huge save. After 14 played minutes ZAFIRO FC got a freekick which was hit by Delmiro Donostia. Faustino Reno made in the 19th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Marco Pero. Armando Paredes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Turgay Hafi in the 20th minute of play. Turgay Hafi might have been able to make a better finish in the 25th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Armando Paredes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Turgay Hafi ran back to his position shaking his head. Armando Paredes made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Turgay Hafi sent off a good shot on target. Ciro Nerio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ernest Ponta in the 36th minute of play. 37 minutes had been played when some careless play by Bancruz F.C's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Delmiro Donostia was slow to take the kick. During this time ZAFIRO FC's players had a chance to rest. ZAFIRO FC's Wen Song Qian was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ciro Nerio in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After 42 played minutes Bancruz F.C got a freekick which was hit by Zhelyazko Balakov. In the 43rd minute, Faustino Reno hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 46 minutes, Ernest Ponta managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ZAFIRO FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ernest Ponta was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Marco Pero made the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marco Pero got free with Ciro Nerio in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marco Pero's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ciro Nerio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 63rd minute of play. After 66 minutes, Nunez Tano mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bancruz F.C and the ZAFIRO FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Nunez Tano kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. Bancruz F.C's Çelikan Koçaş was substituted for Turgay Hafi. Gervasio Txaran made in the 73rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Bancruz F.C's Kyle Cooley. Armando Paredes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Çelikan Koçaş went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. 85 minutes into the game, Ernest Ponta recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Ciro Nerio. Ernest Ponta showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. Bancruz F.C made a substitution. Andro Konsap replaced Carlos Borghi. Çelikan Koçaş fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Armando Paredes having to interfere. In the 95th minute the ball was on its way in behind ZAFIRO FC's goalkeeper Armando Paredes, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.