Friendly League

American Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nunez Lino made the kick off which started today's match. If Kevin Cuaron had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, American's Sal Norris got a free kick in the 11th minute. A collision led to American getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Hayden Williams hit a great ball. Elorri Chirinos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giovanni Talley, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. If Nunez Lino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Perpinya Badiola in the 25th minute of play forced American's goalkeeper Ben Raymond to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 29 minutes of play, labestia's Nunez Lino made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ben Raymond was left in no man's land by his defense there! Orain Sator fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ben Raymond having to interfere. The throw-in from Mohammed Buchanan in the 36th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by labestia's Gervaso Roldan. After having played for 39 minutes, Nunez Lino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. labestia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nunez Lino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ben Raymond came out of the goal in the 44th minute to try and stop a shot by labestia's Nunez Lino. But to his dismay, Nunez Lino quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. The supporters of labestia booed when American was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 48 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristopher Candido didn't get a good kick on the ball. The American players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. labestia were winning 0-2.

The wind increased when Giovanni Talley made the kick off in the second half. When Orain Sator came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the labestia fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Orain Sator couldn't finish the play. The labestia fans' excitement grew in the 62nd match minute when labestia's Nunez Lino looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. labestia's Orain Sator got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ben Raymond was out of position in the 77 minute of play, and Orain Sator capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Orain Sator really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4. Mohammed Buchanan's late challenge caught a labestia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mohammed Buchanan helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to American getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Mohammed Buchanan hit a great ball. 93 minutes into the match, labestia's goal looked a bit too open when Giovanni Talley came free, but Elorri Chirinos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Sal Norris managed to get in a good position for a shot. American's supporters rose to their feet, but Sal Norris was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Elorri Chirinos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.