Friendly League

Nikko Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Malcom Fournie made the kick off which started today's match. SILMONT's Qiu Zhi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save SILMONT from getting a goal against them. 5 minutes into the match, SILMONT's goal looked a bit too open when Malcom Fournie came free, but Qiu Zhi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Qiu Zhi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albert Harbuz in the 7th minute of the match. En Avant Nikko's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Albert Harbuz in the 13th minute. After 15 minutes of play, SILMONT's Martial Haas made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Silvestre Derwin was left in no man's land by his defense there! 18 minutes into the match, SILMONT's goal looked a bit too open when Malcom Fournie came free, but Qiu Zhi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Qiu Zhi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manuel Souris in the 19th minute of the match. After 30 minutes, Martial Haas made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. En Avant Nikko's Silvestre Derwin tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. SILMONT's Qiu Zhi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manuel Souris in the 38th minute of play. Qiu Zhi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manuel Souris, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

After having played for 51 minutes, Thomas Albaret managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SILMONT's supporters crossed their fingers, but Thomas Albaret was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Silvestre Derwin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adriano Guimarães, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. 56 minutes into the match, En Avant Nikko's goal looked a bit too open when Thomas Albaret came free, but Silvestre Derwin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 57th minute, Thomas Albaret made a precise shot to the right of Silvestre Derwin. En Avant Nikko's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Thomas Albaret could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Silvestre Derwin made a huge save. Manuel Souris took the ball and in the 72 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Qiu Zhi. Qiu Zhi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. SILMONT's Javier Bordat was substituted for Thomas Albaret. En Avant Nikko made a substitution. Jordy Jean-Marie replaced Joe Meslet. When Jean-Yves Bayle fell near the penalty area in the 78th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SILMONT's protests and gave Jean-Yves Bayle a yellow card for diving instead. After 78 played minutes SILMONT got a freekick which was hit by Jean-Yves Bayle. Silvestre Derwin was a little too slow when Javier Bordat got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 80th minute. The score was now 1-4. 83 minutes into the match, Javier Bordat dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Silvestre Derwin, 1-5. 86 minutes into the game, SILMONT's Adriano Guimarães nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Silvestre Derwin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-6. In the 89th minute the ball was on its way in behind En Avant Nikko's goalkeeper Silvestre Derwin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Qiu Zhi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Malcom Fournie in the 92nd minute of play. Silvestre Derwin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Javier Bordat, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. SILMONT's Qiu Zhi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manuel Souris in the 95th minute of play. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. SILMONT had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.