Friendly League

Arnulfo Iraido
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alexandros Peropoulos got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by Barrialito AFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Germano Bettencourt was slow to take the kick. During this time AFC FUSION's players had a chance to rest. Felix Frasco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lino Rios in the 9th minute of play. After some careless play in the Barrialito AFC defense, Lino Rios kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Felix Frasco. The Barrialito AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Felix Frasco should have stopped the shot. Lino Rios blasted a shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Felix Frasco having to make a save. In the 15th minute Lino Rios shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Felix Frasco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Felix Frasco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lino Rios, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lino Rios might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Felix Frasco. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lino Rios ran back to his position shaking his head. Felix Frasco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lino Rios, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. AFC FUSION's Germano Bettencourt got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Felix Frasco didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lino Rios went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 44thth minute of the game Alexandros Peropoulos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Felix Frasco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lino Rios in the 45th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Lino Rios to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to AFC FUSION getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Jan Hop hit a great ball. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexandros Peropoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. In the 76thth minute of the game Lino Rios who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Barrialito AFC's Felix Frasco was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexandros Peropoulos in the 80th minute of play. In the 81st minute, Germano Bettencourt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Barrialito AFC made a substitution. Fahhad Al Herz replaced Cecilio Rosio. Germano Bettencourt kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Roberto Eztebe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fahhad Al Herz in the 84th minute of play. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind Barrialito AFC's goalkeeper Felix Frasco, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 93rd minute, Gogo Tino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.