Friendly League

Marcelo Bielsa
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mikolaj Giertych started the match with the kick off. Mikolaj Giertych sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by André-Pierre Gignac in the 8th minute of play forced ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goalkeeper Kang Ying Hai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Mikolaj Giertych had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Serafino Jurdan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mikolaj Giertych, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Max Feldthaus managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Elias Medeiros in the 11 minute of the game. Mikolaj Giertych sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Serafino Jurdan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mikolaj Giertych, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. In the 17th match minute, Newells Old Boys was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cao Liang to maneuver through the defense. 18 minutes into the match, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Ramiro Lleir broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Mikolaj Giertych sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikolaj Giertych in the 20th minute of play forced Newells Old Boys's goalkeeper Serafino Jurdan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 28 minutes into the game, Elias Medeiros threw the ball into play from the sideline. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Max Feldthaus quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After having played for 29 minutes, Mikolaj Giertych managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Mikolaj Giertych was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to ..Villa Rugby Club.. getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Valentin Geambașu hit a great ball. Kang Ying Hai took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silverio Tuste, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kang Ying Hai showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from André-Pierre Gignac, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Kang Ying Hai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from André-Pierre Gignac in the 44th minute of the match. When ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Mikolaj Giertych in the 46th minute got a chance for a shot 46th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Newells Old Boys's goalie prevented a goal. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Silverio Tuste made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Mikolaj Giertych ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Serafino Jurdan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silverio Tuste in the 54th minute of play forced ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goalkeeper Kang Ying Hai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the match, Newells Old Boys's goal looked a bit too open when Mikolaj Giertych came free, but Serafino Jurdan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 59th minute of the match ..Villa Rugby Club.. got a corner. Newells Old Boys's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ramiro Lleir ran over to the corner to take the kick. After some careless play in the ..Villa Rugby Club.. defense, Horacio Errapel kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kang Ying Hai. The ..Villa Rugby Club.. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kang Ying Hai should have stopped the shot. 69 minutes into the match, Newells Old Boys's goalkeeper Serafino Jurdan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Olaf Cebula. After 76 minutes of play, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Olaf Cebula made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Serafino Jurdan was left in no man's land by his defense there! 81 minutes into the match, Newells Old Boys's goal looked a bit too open when Flavio Perez came free, but Serafino Jurdan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 86th minute, André-Pierre Gignac ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kang Ying Hai was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. Newells Old Boys's Serafino Jurdan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save Newells Old Boys from getting a goal against them. 89 minutes into the match, Newells Old Boys's goalkeeper Serafino Jurdan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Max Feldthaus. 89 minutes into the match, Newells Old Boys's goal looked a bit too open when Flavio Perez came free, but Serafino Jurdan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Serafino Jurdan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olaf Cebula, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Serafino Jurdan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Olaf Cebula in the 92nd minute. Elias Medeiros made in the 94th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Silverio Tuste. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.