Friendly League

Arkham Asylum Arena
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Serkan Gaar started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Rios in the 4th minute of play forced Gotham Saray FC's goalkeeper Apolo Egoitz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Gotham Saray FC's Serkan Gaar got a free kick in the 6th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Germano Bettencourt in the 7th minute of play forced Gotham Saray FC's goalkeeper Apolo Egoitz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, Gotham Saray FC's Roberto Eztebe threw himself towards the right post 10 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Serkan Gaar, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Roberto Eztebe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Halil Ratkowski in the 11th minute of play. Gotham Saray FC's Apolo Egoitz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lino Rios in the 12th minute of play. Apolo Egoitz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lino Rios, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Gotham Saray FC's Apolo Egoitz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lino Rios in the 18th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Rios in the 24th minute of play forced Gotham Saray FC's goalkeeper Apolo Egoitz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Gotham Saray FC getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Istvan Wolter hit a great ball. 27 minutes into the game, Lino Rios cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Apolo Egoitz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Halil Ratkowski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roberto Eztebe was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Gotham Saray FC's Apolo Egoitz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lino Rios in the 38th minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, Lino Rios had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Apolo Egoitz. Gotham Saray FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lino Rios was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Apolo Egoitz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lino Rios, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. AFC FUSION's Germano Bettencourt quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Istvan Wolter, made in the 44th minute of the game. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lino Rios stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 50 played minutes Gotham Saray FC got a freekick which was hit by Istvan Wolter. With a little luck, Gotham Saray FC's Apolo Egoitz got control of the ball when Lino Rios tried to sneak it across the goal line. Lino Rios's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Apolo Egoitz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 54th minute of play. Apolo Egoitz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lino Rios's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. AFC FUSION's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dawid Beckham in the 59th minute. After taking down the ball on AFC FUSION's corner Germano Bettencourt fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Apolo Egoitz quite easily take care of the ball. 61 minutes in the game, Wojciech Fiszer dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. In the 63rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Gotham Saray FC's goalkeeper Apolo Egoitz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Roberto Eztebe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Halil Ratkowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 67th minute Lino Rios shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Apolo Egoitz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as AFC FUSION's Lino Rios slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Apolo Egoitz. That made the score 0-4 after 68 minutes of play. AFC FUSION made a substitution. Jan Hop replaced Wojciech Fiszer. AFC FUSION's Aureliano Karlo was substituted for Lino Rios. When AFC FUSION's Aureliano Karlo in the 78th minute got a chance for a shot 78th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Gotham Saray FC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 79thth minute of the game Frank Cremer-Ricken who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Gotham Saray FC's Willibald Holzenkamp was substituted for Niko Kalweit. In the 85th match minute, Gotham Saray FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Istvan Wolter to maneuver through the defense. Aureliano Karlo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Apolo Egoitz having to interfere. Roberto Eztebe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Willibald Holzenkamp in the 88th minute of play. In the 93rd minute, Istvan Wolter hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Gotham Saray FC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching AFC FUSION's performance. The match ended with a win for AFC FUSION.