Friendly League

Middleville Park
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edgardo Silva got the match started through his kick off. 2 minutes into the match, New England Minas's Edgardo Silva sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tomas Landry narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When New England Minas's Edgardo Silva in the 5th minute got a chance for a shot 5th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Astrologer FC's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgardo Silva in the 9th minute of play forced Astrologer FC's goalkeeper Tomas Landry to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Edgardo Silva's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tomas Landry was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Edgardo Silva's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tomas Landry was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Richie Arnold got free with Jeremy Nicholas in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 20th minute, Edgardo Silva ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tomas Landry was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Edgardo Silva's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tomas Landry read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 26th minute of play. Edgardo Silva scored 0-2 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tomas Landry, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The corner ended in Glen Conklin almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Astrologer FC's Tomas Landry did a great save. If Edgardo Silva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgardo Silva in the 37th minute of play forced Astrologer FC's goalkeeper Tomas Landry to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 39th minute the ball was on its way in behind Astrologer FC's goalkeeper Tomas Landry, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. New England Minas's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Glen Conklin in the 40th minute. New England Minas's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Glen Conklin in the 43rd minute. A nice corner shot did that Glen Conklin got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tomas Landry quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Jeremy Nicholas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jessie Ware in the 45th minute of the match. 47 minutes into the match, Edgardo Silva had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tomas Landry. Astrologer FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edgardo Silva was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Richie Arnold made the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Edgardo Silva's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tomas Landry was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edgardo Silva in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tomas Landry saved Astrologer FC from getting behind. The New England Minas fans' excitement grew in the 56th match minute when New England Minas's Edgardo Silva 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 0-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. When New England Minas's Edgardo Silva in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Astrologer FC's goalie prevented a goal. The corner led New England Minas's Ye Gang Cheng to fire away a dangerous shot which Tomas Landry despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. If Edgardo Silva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 64th minute, Edgardo Silva ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tomas Landry was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. In the 68th minute New England Minas were awarded a corner. Glen Conklin went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Glen Conklin almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Astrologer FC's Tomas Landry did a great save. In the 72nd minute, Edgardo Silva 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. New England Minas made a substitution. Tio Lio replaced Tony Pacheco. Tomas Landry made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgardo Silva in the 77th minute of play. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by Astrologer FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Glen Conklin was slow to take the kick. During this time New England Minas's players had a chance to rest. At last the ball reached Edgardo Silva at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Astrologer FC. 0-6. With a little luck, Astrologer FC's Tomas Landry got control of the ball when Tio Lio tried to sneak it across the goal line. 85 minutes into the game, New England Minas's Edgardo Silva nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tomas Landry made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. New England Minas's Arturo Sito was substituted for Edgardo Silva. If Arturo Sito had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Tomas Landry made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arturo Sito in the 90th minute of play. Tomas Landry didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 91st minute, which inside left pole to 0-8. Arturo Sito fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tomas Landry having to interfere.