Friendly League

Esteve Masbernat
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jerônimo Martins got the match started through his kick off. Perfecto Mongis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kazimierz Traczewski in the 2nd minute of the match. In the 5th minute of the match, Ben Gant tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Baykan Erincer saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Perfecto Mongis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kazimierz Traczewski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gaudencio Joseph was slow to take the kick. During this time Ψ Futbol Rojo Ψ's players had a chance to rest. DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's Kazimierz Traczewski managed to work through Ψ Futbol Rojo Ψ's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Kazimierz Traczewski dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. 24 minutes into the match, Ψ Futbol Rojo Ψ's goal looked a bit too open when Garth Burrell came free, but Perfecto Mongis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Perfecto Mongis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Garth Burrell in the 25th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Kazimierz Traczewski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Perfecto Mongis was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. If Garth Burrell had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 36th minute, Garth Burrell ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Perfecto Mongis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. If Akakios Kountouratzis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ψ Futbol Rojo Ψ's Perfecto Mongis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Akakios Kountouratzis in the 44th minute of play. After 46 minutes, Kazimierz Traczewski made it 1-3 with a short kick to the right side. Ψ Futbol Rojo Ψ's Perfecto Mongis tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The Ψ Futbol Rojo Ψ players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO were winning 1-3.

The wind increased when Kazimierz Traczewski made the kick off in the second half. Kazimierz Traczewski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Perfecto Mongis made a huge save. Kazimierz Traczewski in the 54thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Perfecto Mongis, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. A collision led to DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Akakios Kountouratzis hit a great ball. Baykan Erincer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jerônimo Martins in the 55th minute of play. Jerônimo Martins blasted a shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Baykan Erincer having to make a save. The supporters of DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO booed when Ψ Futbol Rojo Ψ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rogelio Torres didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Perfecto Mongis managed to avoid a goal in the 63rdth minute, when DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's Kazimierz Traczewski fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 66th minute of the match DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO got a corner. Ψ Futbol Rojo Ψ's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Erik Huang ran over to the corner to take the kick. A collision led to DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Nelson Oakley hit a great ball. After 78 minutes of play, DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's Akakios Kountouratzis made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Perfecto Mongis was left in no man's land by his defense there! 81 minutes into the match, Ψ Futbol Rojo Ψ's goalkeeper Perfecto Mongis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kazimierz Traczewski. Garth Burrell received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Perfecto Mongis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Akakios Kountouratzis came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO 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 Akakios Kountouratzis couldn't finish the play. Perfecto Mongis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Garth Burrell, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Perfecto Mongis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Garth Burrell, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Garth Burrell scored 1-6 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Perfecto Mongis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 92 minutes into the match, Kazimierz Traczewski notched a goal, 1-7, to the right of Ψ Futbol Rojo Ψ's Perfecto Mongis. Perfecto Mongis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, Ψ Futbol Rojo Ψ's Abel Maldonado got a free kick in the 96th minute. In the 97th minute, Erik Huang got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When the final whistle sounded DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Ψ Futbol Rojo Ψ.