Friendly League

Ezio Scida
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tadeo Jakobe kicked off to start the match. Peppe Bamba kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Dan Focșa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mattias Wallengren, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frans Toussain in the 5th minute of play forced Newell´s's goalkeeper Cristobal Estavan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 7 minutes into the game, Ercole Gagliano was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. f.c. sKRotone's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Newell´s the free kick. In the 6th minute, one of f.c. sKRotone:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for f.c. sKRotone. Dan Focșa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Omar Cordara in the 11th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Newell´s's Faustino Maura got a free kick in the 13th minute. Frans Toussain could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Cristobal Estavan made a huge save. Dan Focșa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tadeo Jakobe in the 16th minute of the match. After 17 played minutes Newell´s got a freekick which was hit by Tomás Lecanda. Cristobal Estavan was a little too slow when Frans Toussain got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 18th minute. The score was now 1-1. Dan Focșa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tadeo Jakobe in the 23rd minute of play. Newell´s's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Indiana Turban in the 25th minute. The corner ended in Omar Cordara almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but f.c. sKRotone's Dan Focșa did a great save. Faustino Maura kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. 27 minutes into the match, Newell´s's goalkeeper Cristobal Estavan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Frans Toussain. Dan Focșa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tadeo Jakobe in the 28th minute of play. f.c. sKRotone were awarded a corner in the 31th minute after Newell´s's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Peppe Bamba took the corner. Cristobal Estavan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cosimo Fabrizi in the 33rd minute of play. Dan Focșa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tadeo Jakobe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dan Focșa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Omar Cordara in the 40th minute of the match. Dan Focșa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mattias Wallengren in the 41st minute of the match. Armando Vasco could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Cristobal Estavan made a huge save.

Newell´s's Amancio Bilintx was substituted for Mattias Wallengren. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Frans Toussain was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, f.c. sKRotone's Cosimo Fabrizi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cristobal Estavan narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Cristobal Estavan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frans Toussain, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristobal Estavan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frans Toussain in the 59th minute of the match. Dan Focșa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Omar Cordara's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cosimo Fabrizi in the 62nd minute of play forced Newell´s's goalkeeper Cristobal Estavan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. f.c. sKRotone's Dan Focșa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Omar Cordara in the 63rd minute of play. In the 73rd minute Omar Cordara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dan Focșa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristobal Estavan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Frans Toussain went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Cristobal Estavan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cosimo Fabrizi in the 78th minute of play. Edgar Salinas hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. A hard shot by Indiana Turban from long distance, 82 minutes into the match, got Dan Focșa's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Dan Focșa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Omar Cordara, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Ferdinando De Angelis hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. With an all-out effort, Newell´s's Dan Focșa threw himself towards the right post 91 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Tadeo Jakobe, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After a rather tough play, Newell´s's Indiana Turban got a free kick in the 93rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tadeo Jakobe in the 96th minute of play forced f.c. sKRotone's goalkeeper Dan Focșa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. f.c. sKRotone's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.