Friendly League

Arnulfo Iraido
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, 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. Alexandros Peropoulos started the match with the kick off. Hernan Lano took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Felix Frasco. Felix Frasco dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Dan Wennerqvist made a fantastic save in the 6th minute, when Faustino Lehoi sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Barrialito AFC getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Cecilio Rosio hit a great ball. Miroslav Klöser came free with the goalkeeper in the 17th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Dan Wennerqvist could save by the left post. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by Soroca F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jaime Eleazar was slow to take the kick. During this time Barrialito AFC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Barrialito AFC's corner Faustino Lehoi fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Dan Wennerqvist quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amador Venceslao in the 20th minute of play forced Barrialito AFC's goalkeeper Felix Frasco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Adrián Espadas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Han Bin Yi made in the 28th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Soroca F.C.'s Max Josef Justice. Dan Wennerqvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexandros Peropoulos in the 29th minute of play. Felix Frasco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hernan Lano in the 32nd minute of play. Felix Frasco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adrián Espadas in the 33rd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Adrián Espadas in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Felix Frasco saved Barrialito AFC from getting behind. Felix Frasco stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Adrián Espadas's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrián Espadas in the 39th minute of play forced Barrialito AFC's goalkeeper Felix Frasco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dan Wennerqvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexandros Peropoulos in the 40th minute of the match. Felix Frasco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hernan Lano in the 45th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Hernan Lano's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Felix Frasco firmly grabbed it by the left post. Dan Wennerqvist came out of the goal in the 56th minute to try and stop a shot by Barrialito AFC's Alexandros Peropoulos. But to his dismay, Alexandros Peropoulos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Barrialito AFC made a substitution. Slawomir Witkowski replaced Alexandros Peropoulos. Soroca F.C.'s Răzvan Necula was substituted for Adrián Espadas. Barrialito AFC's Fahhad Al Herz was substituted for Cecilio Rosio. Dan Wennerqvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Conrado Txordon in the 63rd minute of the match. In the 64th minute Slawomir Witkowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dan Wennerqvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65th minute, Răzvan Necula left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Soroca F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Dan Wennerqvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Slawomir Witkowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 71st minute Barrialito AFC were awarded a corner. Jaime Eleazar went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to Barrialito AFC's Fahhad Al Herz getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. After 73 minutes of play, Soroca F.C.'s Hernan Lano made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Felix Frasco was left in no man's land by his defense there! 80 minutes into the match, Soroca F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Slawomir Witkowski came free, but Dan Wennerqvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Barrialito AFC's Felix Frasco proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Barrialito AFC from getting a goal against them. 86 minutes into the match, Barrialito AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Răzvan Necula came free, but Felix Frasco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Soroca F.C. booed when Barrialito AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Han Bin Yi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dan Wennerqvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Slawomir Witkowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. In the 91stth minute of the game Fahhad Al Herz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Soroca F.C.'s Dan Wennerqvist was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 93 minutes into the match, Julio Gabon had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dan Wennerqvist. Soroca F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Julio Gabon was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. With a little luck, Barrialito AFC's Felix Frasco got control of the ball when Răzvan Necula tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Soroca F.C. had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.