Friendly League

Juan Jose Pizzuti
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Shane Smiley made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 5thth minute of the game Romeo Raulo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but 25 de Abril Futbol Club's Elpidio Beat was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Racing Miami Futbol Club's Thomas Reeves quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Amador Rosalio, made in the 9th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romeo Raulo in the 13th minute of play forced 25 de Abril Futbol Club's goalkeeper Elpidio Beat to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Romeo Raulo in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Elpidio Beat prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Romeo Raulo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Elpidio Beat was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. A nice corner shot did that Vance Tidwell got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Elpidio Beat quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Elpidio Beat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shane Smiley, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 20th minute Romeo Raulo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elpidio Beat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Elpidio Beat took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romeo Raulo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Elpidio Beat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romeo Raulo, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. 27 minutes into the match, Racing Miami Futbol Club's Romeo Raulo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Elpidio Beat narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 29 minutes of play, Racing Miami Futbol Club's Romeo Raulo made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Elpidio Beat was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Amador Rosalio fell near the penalty area in the 31st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 25 de Abril Futbol Club's protests and gave Amador Rosalio a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to 25 de Abril Futbol Club getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Amador Rosalio hit a great ball. Guilherme Veiga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paolo Flores in the 35th minute of play. In the 41st minute, Romeo Raulo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Slawomir Turak kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in 25 de Abril Futbol Club's zone, Shane Smiley stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Elpidio Beat came out of the goal and Shane Smiley tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Elpidio Beat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romeo Raulo, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Romeo Raulo might have been able to make a better finish in the 57th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Elpidio Beat. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Romeo Raulo ran back to his position shaking his head. 25 de Abril Futbol Club's Elpidio Beat played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romeo Raulo in the 57th minute of play. 25 de Abril Futbol Club's Elpidio Beat played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romeo Raulo in the 59th minute of play. After 60 played minutes 25 de Abril Futbol Club got a freekick which was hit by Pedro Venceslao. Racing Miami Futbol Club's Ervin DeJesus was substituted for Shane Smiley. A collision led to 25 de Abril Futbol Club getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Pedro Venceslao hit a great ball. In the 64th minute, Racing Miami Futbol Club's Keenan Worthington ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Elpidio Beat. Elpidio Beat yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. Racing Miami Futbol Club made a substitution. Denny Godwin replaced Chu Zheng Yu. In the 71st minute Ervin DeJesus shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elpidio Beat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Elpidio Beat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ervin DeJesus in the 72nd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Paolo Flores in the 73rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Guilherme Veiga prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 75th minute, Felix Remicio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 79th minute, Slawomir Turak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Miguel Urtungo hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Felix Remicio made in the 85th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Racing Miami Futbol Club's James Joyner. After a rather tough play, 25 de Abril Futbol Club's Slawomir Turak got a free kick in the 86th minute. After a rather tough play, 25 de Abril Futbol Club's Paolo Flores got a free kick in the 89th minute. Elpidio Beat made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Keenan Worthington sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Keenan Worthington in the 94th minute of play forced 25 de Abril Futbol Club's goalkeeper Elpidio Beat to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Felix Remicio kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. The 25 de Abril Futbol Club fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Racing Miami Futbol Club were clearly better and deserved to take the win.