Friendly League

Blue Snail Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jan Tõnuri took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 5th minute David Banegas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matthew Benjamin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Matthew Benjamin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eloy Calvino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Matthew Benjamin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrew Dalli, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. 8 minutes into the match, ◇Mz.Dream◆Blue Snail FC's goal looked a bit too open when Andrew Dalli came free, but Matthew Benjamin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 10th match minute, ◇Mz.Dream◆Blue Snail FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Narciso Vallejo to maneuver through the defense. Matthew Benjamin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eloy Calvino in the 13th minute of the match. Jan Tõnuri took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jorge Armani. Jorge Armani dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Esmeralda AFC's Jorge Armani proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Esmeralda AFC from getting a goal against them. Jan Tõnuri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Matthew Benjamin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Devidatta Vendetta in the 23rd minute of the match. After 25 minutes of play, Esmeralda AFC's Andrew Dalli made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Matthew Benjamin was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jorge Armani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jan Tõnuri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jorge Armani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jan Tõnuri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 31 minutes into the match, Jan Tõnuri notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Esmeralda AFC's Jorge Armani. Jorge Armani was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 杨攀 Haab received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Jorge Armani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Matthew Benjamin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David Banegas, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. When Eloy Calvino fell near the penalty area in the 37th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Esmeralda AFC's protests and gave Eloy Calvino a yellow card for diving instead. Jan Tõnuri could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Jorge Armani made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Serafino Tavio during the 42nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Esmeralda AFC's Serafino Tavio got a free kick in the 42nd minute. In the 47th minute Narciso Vallejo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jorge Armani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Andrew Dalli stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Matthew Benjamin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andrew Dalli in the 51st minute of play. In the 53rd minute Krzysztof Kaleta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jorge Armani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jan Tõnuri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jorge Armani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Krzysztof Kaleta, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Krzysztof Kaleta in the 63rd minute of play forced Esmeralda AFC's goalkeeper Jorge Armani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Krzysztof Kaleta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Krzysztof Kaleta in the 65th minute of play forced Esmeralda AFC's goalkeeper Jorge Armani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jan Tõnuri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jorge Armani didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when ◇Mz.Dream◆Blue Snail FC's Krzysztof Kaleta shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-1 in the ordered_time% minute. ◇Mz.Dream◆Blue Snail FC's 倪彬军 was substituted for David Brătescu. Esmeralda AFC made a substitution. Di Yong Yu replaced Nicasio Fonda. After 80 played minutes Esmeralda AFC got a freekick which was hit by Serafino Tavio. Jorge Armani stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jan Tõnuri's shot from short distance in the 81st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jan Tõnuri in the 89th minute of play forced Esmeralda AFC's goalkeeper Jorge Armani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 93 minutes into the match, Esmeralda AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Krzysztof Kaleta came free, but Jorge Armani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 95 minutes into the match, ◇Mz.Dream◆Blue Snail FC's goal looked a bit too open when Andrew Dalli came free, but Matthew Benjamin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The ◇Mz.Dream◆Blue Snail FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Esmeralda AFC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.