Friendly League

Pony Express Grounds
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tracy Brunson took the kick off in the first half of the match. Carlos Ramires's late challenge caught a Kentucky Mustangs's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Carlos Ramires helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, FITO APPLE TEAM's Carlos Ramires got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Duarte Marinho hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Brian Loomis got free with Wawrzyniec Kaszubik in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 11th minute, Valentine Hernandez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FITO APPLE TEAM fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 14th minute the ball was on its way in behind FITO APPLE TEAM's goalkeeper Wawrzyniec Kaszubik, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 龙康政 charged in rather forcefully in the 15th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 龙康政 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 龙康政 hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Wawrzyniec Kaszubik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tracy Brunson in the 19th minute of play. After some careless play in the Kentucky Mustangs defense, Valentine Hernandez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Titus Fernandez. The Kentucky Mustangs fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Titus Fernandez should have stopped the shot. In the 31st match minute, FITO APPLE TEAM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gaueko Lemos to maneuver through the defense. Tracy Brunson was extremely unlucky when he, in the 32nd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Valentine Hernandez scored 0-3 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Titus Fernandez, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 38th minute Valentine Hernandez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Titus Fernandez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in FITO APPLE TEAM's zone, Brian Loomis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wawrzyniec Kaszubik came out of the goal and Brian Loomis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Titus Fernandez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentine Hernandez in the 47th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Valentine Hernandez made a kick off. FITO APPLE TEAM's Fabricius Zemp managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Tony Freitas in the 51 minute of the game. Titus Fernandez was out of position in the 60 minute of play, and Valentine Hernandez capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Valentine Hernandez really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4. The audience thought a goal was coming when Valentine Hernandez got free with Titus Fernandez in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Wawrzyniec Kaszubik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tracy Brunson in the 67th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gu Ao Rong in the 69th minute of play forced Kentucky Mustangs's goalkeeper Titus Fernandez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind Kentucky Mustangs's goalkeeper Titus Fernandez, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 71 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kentucky Mustangs's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gaueko Lemos was slow to take the kick. During this time FITO APPLE TEAM's players had a chance to rest. In the 76th match minute, FITO APPLE TEAM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Duarte Marinho to maneuver through the defense. Wawrzyniec Kaszubik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tracy Brunson in the 79th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilford Griggs in the 81st minute of play forced FITO APPLE TEAM's goalkeeper Wawrzyniec Kaszubik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wawrzyniec Kaszubik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brian Loomis in the 82nd minute of the match. Duarte Marinho struck a weak shot in the 83rd minute. Titus Fernandez didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FITO APPLE TEAM. Titus Fernandez made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Valentine Hernandez sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of Kentucky Mustangs booed when FITO APPLE TEAM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. 龙康政 didn't get a good kick on the ball. FITO APPLE TEAM's Wawrzyniec Kaszubik played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tracy Brunson in the 95th minute of play. The Kentucky Mustangs fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. FITO APPLE TEAM were clearly better and deserved to take the win.