Friendly League

Fernando Redondo
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Juguemos con el 5's Erling Håland started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. With a little luck, Real Racing Club's Gao Fei got control of the ball when Erling Håland tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 11th minute of the match Juguemos con el 5 got a corner. Real Racing Club's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joaquin Rufio ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Juguemos con el 5's Joaquin Rufio to fire away a dangerous shot which Gao Fei despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. If Erling Håland had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Erling Håland could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Gao Fei made a huge save. In the 17th match minute, Real Racing Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Herminio Argi to maneuver through the defense. Gao Fei made an important save on a dangerous shot by Erling Håland in the 23rd minute. Erling Håland was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 26th minute. Juguemos con el 5's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Erling Håland's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gao Fei read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 29th minute of play. Su Yuan Yu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Salvador Urki having to interfere. Robustiano Quintin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Igor Solecki's late challenge caught a Real Racing Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Igor Solecki helped the player get up and apologised. After 34 played minutes Juguemos con el 5 got a freekick which was hit by Igor Solecki. When the match had gone on for 40 minutes, Erling Håland took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Gao Fei to make any attempt to save it. Salvador Urki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Su Yuan Yu in the 44th minute of play. When Real Racing Club's Su Yuan Yu in the 48th minute got a chance for a shot 48th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Juguemos con el 5's goalie prevented a goal. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Su Yuan Yu to strike the kick off in the second half. Niek Koops hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Juguemos con el 5's Salvador Urki proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save Juguemos con el 5 from getting a goal against them. Gao Fei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erling Håland in the 73rd minute of the match. In the 79th match minute, Real Racing Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Herminio Argi to maneuver through the defense. Juguemos con el 5's Jorge Ekaitz was substituted for Erling Håland. Gao Fei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorge Ekaitz in the 85th minute of the match. When Juguemos con el 5's Jorge Ekaitz in the 88th minute got a chance for a shot 88th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Real Racing Club's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Jorge Ekaitz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gao Fei was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. Su Yuan Yu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 95 minutes into the game, Juguemos con el 5's Ali Atıf Hekimhanlı nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gao Fei made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Real Racing Club's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.