Friendly League

Nicky Myers
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cristóvão Valle started the match with the kick off. After 4 played minutes LinuX F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Adolfo Alpizar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcel Corrêa in the 10th minute of play forced LinuX F.C.'s goalkeeper Eric Duarte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 15th match minute, LinuX F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adalberto Ruiz to maneuver through the defense. 16 minutes into the match, LinuX F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Hudson Pires came free, but Eric Duarte reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 16thth minute of the game Hudson Pires who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but LinuX F.C.'s Eric Duarte was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Marcel Corrêa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eric Duarte having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manu Smets in the 19th minute of play forced LinuX F.C.'s goalkeeper Eric Duarte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristóvão Valle fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eric Duarte having to interfere. 23 minutes into the match, LinuX F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Manu Smets came free, but Eric Duarte reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th minute Hudson Pires shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eric Duarte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 37th minute, Manu Smets made a precise shot to the right of Eric Duarte. LinuX F.C.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Eric Duarte showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcel Corrêa, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. 41 minutes into the match, LinuX F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Manu Smets came free, but Eric Duarte reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eric Duarte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hudson Pires in the 42nd minute of the match. LinuX F.C.'s Eric Duarte played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Salandri in the 47th minute of play. The LinuX F.C. players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Royal Knights FC were winning 0-2.

The wind increased when Warner Loria made the kick off in the second half. LinuX F.C.'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 51st minute, when Marcel Corrêa scored to the left of an out of position Eric Duarte, making the score, 0-3. Cristóvão Valle's late challenge caught a LinuX F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cristóvão Valle helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Royal Knights FC's Cristóvão Valle got a free kick in the 56th minute. After 58 played minutes Royal Knights FC got a freekick which was hit by 蔡辉海. Adolfo Alpizar, 58 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. LinuX F.C.'s Eric Duarte played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristóvão Valle in the 64th minute of play. In the 65th minute, Marcel Corrêa reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Eric Duarte. The goal made the score 0-5. In the 69th minute, Hudson Pires made a precise shot to the right of Eric Duarte. LinuX F.C.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. Hudson Pires took the ball and in the 72 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eric Duarte. Eric Duarte dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-7. The audience thought a goal was coming when Manu Smets got free with Eric Duarte in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 78th minute of the match, Cristóvão Valle tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Eric Duarte saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Eric Duarte made an important save on a dangerous shot by Manu Smets in the 79th minute. 88 minutes into the match, Cristóvão Valle notched a goal, 0-9, to the right of LinuX F.C.'s Eric Duarte. Eric Duarte was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Eric Duarte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oséas Mota in the 92nd minute of the match. Eric Duarte made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Marcel Corrêa sent off a good shot on target. When the match was over Royal Knights FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than LinuX F.C. throughout the match.