Friendly League

CenturyLink Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Heliodoro Verdu kicked off to start the match. Agustin Orion showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iordache Donici in the 9th minute of the match. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Erubiel Carlomagno was slow to take the kick. During this time Tough and Tasty FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Tord Tinglöf got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Yang Ming Ran quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 16 minutes into the match, C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's goalkeeper Yang Ming Ran had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sonny Sigman. After a rather tough play, Tough and Tasty FC's Charly Alcaraz got a free kick in the 17th minute. After 18 played minutes, C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Roland Smolarek shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Agustin Orion came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in C Ａ R D I N Ａ L reached it. Tough and Tasty FC's Agustin Orion played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iordache Donici in the 26th minute of play. In the 28th match minute, Tough and Tasty FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robin Eriksson to maneuver through the defense. Yang Ming Ran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erubiel Carlomagno, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Agustin Orion came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Herminio Vincente. But to his dismay, Herminio Vincente quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Erubiel Carlomagno got free with Yang Ming Ran in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Iordache Donici to strike the kick off in the second half. Agustin Orion made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iordache Donici in the 53rd minute of play. Agustin Orion made an important save on a dangerous shot by Iordache Donici in the 56th minute. Tough and Tasty FC's Agustin Orion played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Herminio Vincente in the 60th minute of play. Yang Ming Ran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erubiel Carlomagno in the 67th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Iordache Donici got free with Agustin Orion in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Deng Kun Xu was substituted for Robert Ţugui. Tough and Tasty FC made a substitution. Narciso Lanza replaced Robin Eriksson. C Ａ R D I N Ａ L were awarded a corner in the 71th minute after Tough and Tasty FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Roland Smolarek took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Tough and Tasty FC's goalie and right to Cazimir Bărbătescu. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Tough and Tasty FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Panait Ponor charged in rather forcefully in the 74th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Panait Ponor the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 74 played minutes C Ａ R D I N Ａ L got a freekick which was hit by Panait Ponor. Yang Ming Ran didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Heliodoro Verdu went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Yang Ming Ran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Heliodoro Verdu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Heliodoro Verdu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tough and Tasty FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Heliodoro Verdu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Yang Ming Ran breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Agustin Orion made an important save on a dangerous shot by Iordache Donici in the 85th minute. Heliodoro Verdu scored 2-1 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Yang Ming Ran, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 89 minutes into the match, C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's goal looked a bit too open when Erubiel Carlomagno came free, but Yang Ming Ran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A nice corner shot did that Narciso Lanza got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Yang Ming Ran quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sonny Sigman in the 94th minute of play forced C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's goalkeeper Yang Ming Ran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 96thth minute of the game Heliodoro Verdu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Yang Ming Ran was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tough and Tasty FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.