Friendly League

Spandau Sportpark
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Marcus Batista got the match started through his kick off. Jackie Tan took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jacob Kobel. Jacob Kobel 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. 7 minutes into the match, Marcus Batista notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Spandauer Rain Kings's Jacob Kobel. Jacob Kobel was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jacob Kobel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Yasar Bonnemain went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Cremonese FC's Kong Gang Zhan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ken Saur in the 23rd minute of play. In the 28th minute Marcus Batista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacob Kobel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Cremonese FC's Kong Gang Zhan got control of the ball when Ken Saur tried to sneak it across the goal line. Yasar Bonnemain fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jacob Kobel having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcus Batista in the 38th minute of play forced Spandauer Rain Kings's goalkeeper Jacob Kobel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 40 minutes into the match, Spandauer Rain Kings's goal looked a bit too open when Marcus Batista came free, but Jacob Kobel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jackie Tan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Jacob Kobel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 46 minutes, Manfred Klimke mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Spandauer Rain Kings and the Cremonese FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 46th minute, Manfred Klimke hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ken Saur made a kick off. The audience was convinced that Marcus Batista's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jacob Kobel was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. In the 54th minute, Marcus Batista made a precise shot to the right of Jacob Kobel. Spandauer Rain Kings's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. If Marcus Batista had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Felipe Branco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 67th minute Afiz Cho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacob Kobel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 73rd minute, Jackie Tan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jacob Kobel was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-6. When Cremonese FC's Marcus Batista in the 76th minute got a chance for a shot 76th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Spandauer Rain Kings's goalie prevented a goal. In the 78th minute, Marcus Batista reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jacob Kobel. The goal made the score 0-7. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcus Batista in the 83rd minute of play forced Spandauer Rain Kings's goalkeeper Jacob Kobel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mike Westrich charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mike Westrich the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Mike Westrich hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. After 85 minutes, Marcus Batista made it 0-8 with a short kick to the right side. Spandauer Rain Kings's Jacob Kobel tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 90th minute, Sidney Donato got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. With his leg Jacob Kobel managed to avoid a goal in the 93rdth minute, when Cremonese FC's Felipe Branco fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Cremonese FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.