Friendly League

La Fortaleza
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Vladimiro Eguerdi started the match with the kick off. Feliberto Bittor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leo Axisa, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. In the 6th minute Leo Axisa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliberto Bittor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leo Axisa scored 0-1 in the 10th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Feliberto Bittor, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 13th minute Leo Axisa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliberto Bittor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 22 minutes, Aureliano Franco mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the La Zabaleta and the Swatar United FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 22 played minutes La Zabaleta got a freekick which was hit by Aureliano Franco. In the 25th minute Steve Cilia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliberto Bittor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. La Zabaleta's Feliberto Bittor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leo Axisa in the 26th minute of play. Feliberto Bittor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leo Axisa in the 29th minute of play. In the 32nd minute Vladimiro Eguerdi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luke Preca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. La Zabaleta's Feliberto Bittor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bjorn Baldacchino in the 33rd minute of play. If Steve Cilia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Feliberto Bittor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Steve Cilia went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Steve Cilia in the 43rd minute of play forced La Zabaleta's goalkeeper Feliberto Bittor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Feliberto Bittor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leo Axisa in the 44th minute of the match. After 45 minutes, Vladimiro Eguerdi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the La Zabaleta and the Swatar United FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Swatar United FC booed when La Zabaleta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vladimiro Eguerdi didn't get a good kick on the ball. The La Zabaleta players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Swatar United FC were winning 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Leo Axisa was the one to do the kick off. La Zabaleta's Feliberto Bittor proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save La Zabaleta from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leo Axisa in the 58th minute of play forced La Zabaleta's goalkeeper Feliberto Bittor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Zacarias Herauso fell near the penalty area in the 62nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Zabaleta's protests and gave Zacarias Herauso a yellow card for diving instead. Feliberto Bittor made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leo Axisa in the 69th minute. In the 77th minute, Steve Cilia left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Swatar United FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. After having played for 82 minutes, Mike Bajada managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Swatar United FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mike Bajada was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of La Zabaleta booed when Swatar United FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anthony Fava didn't get a good kick on the ball. Feliberto Bittor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Steve Cilia, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. 92 minutes into the match, La Zabaleta's goalkeeper Feliberto Bittor had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Leo Axisa. When the match was over Swatar United FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than La Zabaleta throughout the match.