Friendly League

Javier Amilcar Díaz
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The audience was convinced that Nicolas Froila's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jean-Philippe Al Abdullah was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. Isidoro Lugo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jean-Philippe Al Abdullah having to interfere. In the 8th minute of the match, Javier Fridman tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Sebastián Junes saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 11th minute, Nicolas Froila left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Celtic FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 14 minutes into the match, Isidoro Lugo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jean-Philippe Al Abdullah. Inter Miami CF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Isidoro Lugo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Jean-Philippe Al Abdullah showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicolas Froila in the 18th minute of the match. In the 27th minute the ball was on its way in behind Inter Miami CF's goalkeeper Jean-Philippe Al Abdullah, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jean-Philippe Al Abdullah made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolas Froila in the 28th minute of play. Celtic FC were awarded a corner in the 30th minute after Inter Miami CF's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ted Ambjörnsson took the corner. Aldo Quintin made a great header on Celtic FC's corner, it was just that Inter Miami CF's Jean-Philippe Al Abdullah managed to reach the ball for a save. Román Riquelme kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. When Celtic FC's Nicolas Froila in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Inter Miami CF's goalie prevented a goal. In the 43rd minute, Bernd Goorts left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Celtic FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. Jean-Philippe Al Abdullah took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicolas Froila, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

Nicolas Froilas short, quick shot in the 52ndth minute got Jean-Philippe Al Abdullah to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After a rather tough play, Inter Miami CF's Javier Fridman got a free kick in the 58th minute. With a little luck, Inter Miami CF's Jean-Philippe Al Abdullah got control of the ball when Nicolas Froila tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 60th minute Román Riquelme shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastián Junes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 67th minute of the match Celtic FC got a corner. Inter Miami CF's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ted Ambjörnsson ran over to the corner to take the kick. Ted Ambjörnsson made a great header on Celtic FC's corner, it was just that Inter Miami CF's Jean-Philippe Al Abdullah managed to reach the ball for a save. Inter Miami CF:s Jean-Philippe Al Abdullah showed great skill when he stopped Ted Ambjörnsson:s penalty. Nicolas Froila fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jean-Philippe Al Abdullah having to interfere. Celtic FC's Jacinto Abaunza got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jean-Philippe Al Abdullah stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Isidoro Lugo's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. After a rather tough play, Inter Miami CF's Eriberto Miranda got a free kick in the 81st minute. In the 84th minute, Isidoro Lugo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jean-Philippe Al Abdullah was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidoro Lugo in the 86th minute of play forced Inter Miami CF's goalkeeper Jean-Philippe Al Abdullah to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 90 minutes, Nicolas Froila made it 0-8 with a short kick to the right side. Inter Miami CF's Jean-Philippe Al Abdullah tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Jean-Philippe Al Abdullah showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolas Froila, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. In the 95th match minute, Inter Miami CF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joe Pancken to maneuver through the defense. In the 96th minute, Nicolas Froila 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 Celtic FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Inter Miami CF.