Friendly League

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tincho Palermo started the match with the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Aaron Molina in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Roberto Eztebe saved AFC FUSION from getting behind. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aaron Molina in the 6th minute of the match. 6 minutes into the match, Aaron Molina had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Roberto Eztebe. AFC FUSION's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aaron Molina was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Lino Rios succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-1 in the 10th playminute. Los Materos FC's Lazaros Kabantais played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lino Rios in the 13th minute of play. Lino Rios might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lazaros Kabantais. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lino Rios ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, Los Materos FC's Lazaros Kabantais got control of the ball when Lino Rios tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Germano Bettencourt got free with Lazaros Kabantais in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 27 minutes into the match, Los Materos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lino Rios came free, but Lazaros Kabantais reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. AFC FUSION's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dawid Beckham in the 28th minute. Lazaros Kabantais made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Germano Bettencourt sent off a good shot on target. Adolfo Dolcet made in the 39th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Pierre-Loup Villaume however managed to control. In the 40th minute Tincho Palermo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roberto Eztebe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 46 played minutes Los Materos FC got a freekick which was hit by Igor Salvidor. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Rios in the 48th minute of play forced Los Materos FC's goalkeeper Lazaros Kabantais to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Guido Txindoki in the 54th minute of play forced Los Materos FC's goalkeeper Lazaros Kabantais to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 55 minutes into the match, Los Materos FC's Tincho Palermo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roberto Eztebe narrowly saved just below the crossbar. AFC FUSION's attentive Wojciech Fiszer managed to snatch the ball when Simon Diaz made a throw-in in the 56th minute of the game. Los Materos FC's Carlos Larpe was substituted for Braulio Milian. Los Materos FC made a substitution. Horacio Abajas replaced Elias Furman. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Horacio Abajas in the 73rd minute of the match. Horacio Abajas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roberto Eztebe having to interfere. AFC FUSION's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dawid Beckham in the 83rd minute. If Horacio Abajas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 91st minute Horacio Abajas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roberto Eztebe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 94th minute Filomeno Mendebal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roberto Eztebe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Los Materos FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Horacio Abajas in the 95th minute. Horacio Abajas made a great header on Los Materos FC's corner, it was just that AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe managed to reach the ball for a save. Filomeno Mendebal hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match.