Friendly League

Milo Joyce Memorial
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) In the 4th minute, Aristide Ciuvică left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The México Eterno MZC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After 9 minutes México Eterno MZC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Carl Åberg who took care of the corner kick. Xavier Salazar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Jailson Aparecido tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The throw-in from Cesar Cornelius in the 16th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by México Eterno MZC's Gabri Martin. In a very dangerous position, a player in LOS BUITRES fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 18th minute. Penalty! Loco Higuita had in the 20thth minute some difficulties stopping Valter Malekin's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. In the 23rd minute México Eterno MZC were awarded a corner. Valter Malekin went to the cornerflag to take it. When México Eterno MZC's Aristide Ciuvică in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye LOS BUITRES's goalie prevented a goal. México Eterno MZC's Jailson Aparecido proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save México Eterno MZC from getting a goal against them. 30 minutes into the match, Aristide Ciuvică had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Loco Higuita. LOS BUITRES's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aristide Ciuvică was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Christian Kellbom made in the 33rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by México Eterno MZC's Aristide Ciuvică. After 38 minutes LOS BUITRES's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Valter Malekin who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to México Eterno MZC's Allan Gallin getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Loco Higuita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aristide Ciuvică, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Jailson Aparecido stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lv Zhou's shot from short distance in the 47th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lv Zhou to make the kick off. In the 55th minute, Aristide Ciuvică made a precise shot to the right of Loco Higuita. LOS BUITRES's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 57th minute Aristide Ciuvică shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Loco Higuita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. México Eterno MZC's Tony Chaves was substituted for Ignacio Quiroga. 65 minutes had been played when some careless play by México Eterno MZC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Carl Åberg was slow to take the kick. During this time LOS BUITRES's players had a chance to rest. Jailson Aparecido showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xavier Salazar, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. After some careless play in the LOS BUITRES defense, Aristide Ciuvică kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Loco Higuita. The LOS BUITRES fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Loco Higuita should have stopped the shot. Richart Richardsson might have been able to make a better finish in the 84th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Loco Higuita. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Richart Richardsson ran back to his position shaking his head. Loco Higuita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Richart Richardsson in the 84th minute of the match. Jailson Aparecido showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fan Xiang Kuan, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Loco Higuita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Richart Richardsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Richart Richardsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. México Eterno MZC had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.